The table illustrates both GDP per capita and life expectancy of six different countries in 2009. Overall, those who lived in richer countries tended to have higher life expectancy than those who lived in poorer countries. It can also be seen that Mali had the lowest figures in both GDP and life expectancy.
The USA had a GDP of $45,900, which was the highest among the six nations. Meanwhile, it had a life expectancy of 78, which placed it at only the third position in this category. On the contrary, although Australia’s GDP per capita was about $8,000 lower than the USA’s, it had the highest life expectancy at 82. Spain followed in third place in terms of GDP at $32,500, while its life expectancy was only slightly lower than Australia’s.
Despite Poland’s moderate GDP of $18,000, which was less than half of that of the USA’s, it still had a relatively high life expectancy of 75. Meanwhile, India, whose GDP was only $3,000, had an average life expectancy of 65. Finally, Mali, which had the lowest GDP at $1,200, had a life expectancy of just 50 for an average person.