Five Key Statistics about Georgia
1. People At or Below the International Poverty line in Georgia is 31%
Georgia is now compared to several other nations of the former Soviet Union. One third of people in Georgia live below the International Poverty Line, living on about a dollar a day or less.
The 31% of people in Georgia living in these conditions have no way to get out of their current position. After the collapse of the
Soviet Union, the entire population
was thrown into a situation they were not ready for, under the Communist regime, they were given what they needed. No questions asked.
Now, people must work and earn what they need. After the collapse of the USSR, people did not now how to work hard, they only know to work until told to stop.
This is one of many challenges facing the new, democratic government.
The 31% of people in Georgia living in these conditions have no way to get out of their current position. After the collapse of the
Soviet Union, the entire population
was thrown into a situation they were not ready for, under the Communist regime, they were given what they needed. No questions asked.
Now, people must work and earn what they need. After the collapse of the USSR, people did not now how to work hard, they only know to work until told to stop.
This is one of many challenges facing the new, democratic government.
2. Unemployment in Georgia is 16%
In this graph, Georgia's unemployment rate is compared to economic superpowers, the United States, The United Kingdom (England) and Russia. Georgia's high unemployment rate of 16% is directly related to the first statistic I gave you. Due to the high unemployment rate, people have little money to live on, and still more people have such low-paying jobs that they still live on less then a dollar a day. People who are unemployed are less likely to buy products, hurting the Georgian economy, and possibly foreign economies as well.
-Example: When people don't buy things in Georgia that are manufactured in the USA due to unemployment, it hurts the American economy as well because those companies spent money to ship things to Georgia. People will not buy those American made goods because of their lack of disposable income. Due to this loss of money by American companies, it hurts the US economy, and could even cause layoffs.
-Example: When people don't buy things in Georgia that are manufactured in the USA due to unemployment, it hurts the American economy as well because those companies spent money to ship things to Georgia. People will not buy those American made goods because of their lack of disposable income. Due to this loss of money by American companies, it hurts the US economy, and could even cause layoffs.
3. Internet Use in Georgia- 28%
In this graph, Georgia is compared to nations of the former Soviet Union of percentage of populations having access to internet.
The internet has changed the world. With the possession of a computer, you are unimaginably powerful, and you don't even realize it. You can communicate with people from around the world, you can be in Chicago and have a conversation with your friend vacationing in Tokyo, all within the blink of an eye. It has advanced education, in our own school, students have the power to do work on the computer at home. With a computer, you can look up anything you need to know and have what you need within seconds. You can learn about other cultures, countries, people, places, history and so much else. If you and your country have the power of the computer, you and the country will change forever.
The internet has changed the world. With the possession of a computer, you are unimaginably powerful, and you don't even realize it. You can communicate with people from around the world, you can be in Chicago and have a conversation with your friend vacationing in Tokyo, all within the blink of an eye. It has advanced education, in our own school, students have the power to do work on the computer at home. With a computer, you can look up anything you need to know and have what you need within seconds. You can learn about other cultures, countries, people, places, history and so much else. If you and your country have the power of the computer, you and the country will change forever.
4. The Georgian Workforce: 2,000,000 Strong
Now Georgia is compared to several other nations of the former Soviet Union. A national workforce is the population of a country able to do work. As the workforce of a nation grows, it is able to grow more in its fields, it is able to produce more in its factories, it is able to manufacture more weapons and defenses for a strong military. The working class of a country is the most important group in society. If it wasn't for the American working class, our nation may have never existed, because the revolutionaries wouldn't have made supplies for the continental army. We may have never became the superpower that we are today. Just Imagine, a world without the United States, it would be very different from the present situation.
In Georgia, it is the same, the working class manufactures goods in factories, and grows food in the fields. If it wasn't for them, Georgia would be very different, or never have even existed.
In Georgia, it is the same, the working class manufactures goods in factories, and grows food in the fields. If it wasn't for them, Georgia would be very different, or never have even existed.
5. GDP PPP- 5,400 a year- 143rd in the World
In this graph, Georgia is compared to nations of the former Soviet Union. GDP PPP is the average annual income of a nation. The higher the GDP PPP of a nation is, the more its citizens can buy. The more people buy, the more businesses flourish. The higher GDP PPP a country has, the higher its standard of living.
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The problem with GDP PPP is that it can be very misleading:
Example: In Saudi Arabia, there are massive deposits of valuable oil all over, but few people own these deposits, which mean they get all the money form them. Those people are making millions a year while the others are poor and hungry. Even when this happens, the average is "upped". If one half of a country makes 1 Million dollars a year, and the other half makes nothing, the average is still five-hundred dollars a year. You can't judge a country on . GDP PPP alone.
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The problem with GDP PPP is that it can be very misleading:
Example: In Saudi Arabia, there are massive deposits of valuable oil all over, but few people own these deposits, which mean they get all the money form them. Those people are making millions a year while the others are poor and hungry. Even when this happens, the average is "upped". If one half of a country makes 1 Million dollars a year, and the other half makes nothing, the average is still five-hundred dollars a year. You can't judge a country on . GDP PPP alone.