Level 3: This is the second most populous category on Rosling's list, after level 2. People in level 3 live on anywhere from $8 a day to $32. They have running water, might own a motorbike or car ...

What’s more, average income in Vietnam comes to only $1,700, well below U.S. average at $40,000 a year, but income has soared significantly since the 1960s when it came to $697 per person.

In the 1960s, the world was divided into "developed -- or Western" and "developing" Hans Rosling says the division was relevant in terms of wealth, education and life expectancy ...

A 10% growth rate over a prolonged period means that income levels double roughly every seven years. It is obviously good news if prosperity is more shared across the globe. 5.

This ‘us and them’ construct, he shows, is not borne out by the facts: some 75% of people live in middle-income countries. Rosling adds nuance to the global socio-economic picture by outlining ...

Rosling died in February, 2017, but he leaves behind the new book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, coauthored with his son, Ola ...

That's a takeaway from "Dollar Street," a new project that shows photos of homes at different income levels around the world.Created by the Gapminder Foundation, it is meant to promote ...

Hans Rosling is probably the only academic who ends his PowerPoint presentation by swallowing a sword. He does this while wearing a muscle-T bedazzled with lightning bolts made from shiny, gold ...