Two Worlds. One Question
(The Independent, 31/6/03 - first day of the 2003 G8 Summit in Evian, France)

Life expectancy (in years) 77 G8 COUNTRIES 8 AFRICA

Average annual income $27,854 DEVELOPED WORLD $1,690 AFRICA

Access to clean water 100% UK 45% DEM REP OF CONGO

Number of people who live on less than $1 a day 0 G8 COUNTRIES 291 million AFRICA

Number of African children under 5 who die each year: 4,500,000

Annual spend per person on health $2,534 CANADA $1 MALI

Chance of death in pregnancy 1 in 4,085 G8 COUNTRIES 1 in 13 AFRICA

Number of people per doctor 169 ITALY 50,000 MALAWI

People with HIV 1.5 million DEVELOPED WORLD 28 million AFRICA

More than 50% of people on Earth have never made or received a phone call

Deaths under 5 (per 1,000) 6 G8 174 AFRICA

Cars (per 1,000) 561 US 14 AFRICA

Annual spend on subsidising Western farmers: $311bn
Annual spend by G8 on aid for Africa: $13bn


Two thirds of the world's population are in danger of facing critical water shortages in the next 25 years


Extra annual cost of universal education, halving poverty and cutting child deaths by three quarters: $25bn



(Sources: World Bank, Unicef, World Resources Institute, University of North Carolina Worldview Program)