The charts below show the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.

The charts below show the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.
The charts provide data about the amount of participation in education and science in developing and developed
nations
and the amount of money spent on research and development in 1980 and 1990.
Overall
, it can be seen that the average year of schooling and the number of scientists and technicians in industrialized
nations
were far more than in developing countries in 1980 and 1990.
This
was the same in terms of money spent on these cases. Looking at the details, it appears that people in industrialised
nations
attended school four times more than those in developed
nations
, with about 8 and 10 years compared to around 2 and 2.5 years in 1980 and 1990 respectively. In terms of the number of scientists and technicians, the results were the same, with 1% and 4% for developing countries and industrialised
nations
respectively.
This
was the same in 1990, with 15% and 65% respectively. As for spending on research and development, industrialised
nations
took the lead, at around 150 and 340 billion dollars in 1980 and 1990, compared to 50 and 20 billion dollars in developing countries.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • enrollment rates
  • primary education
  • secondary education
  • tertiary education
  • literacy rates
  • scientific research
  • research and development (R&D)
  • correlation
  • gender disparities
  • participation
  • developing countries
  • industrialized countries
  • investment
  • comparison
  • impact
  • specified years
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