Comparing Countries

The following is a list of selected countries with Real GDP Per Capita for 1999. I have also included - in parentheses () - the literacy rate for each of the countries:

United States - $31,872 (99%)
Japan - $24,898 (99%)
Germany - $23,742 (99%)
Mexico - $8,297 (91%)
Brazil - $7,037 (85%)
China - $3,617 (83%)
India - $2,248 (56%)
Pakistan - $1,834 (45%)
Bangladesh - $1,483 (41%)

There is not an absolute relationship between literacy and per capita GDP (Nigeria, for example, has 63% literacy but GDP is beneath that of Bangladesh), but it is definitely one factor to consider.