文档介绍：Economy of Africa
The impression of Africa a
When someone talks about Africa, poverty will firstly appear in our mind.
Of course, Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia. With billion people, it accounts for about % of the world's human population. Africa remains the world's poorest and most underdeveloped continent. And its total GDP is 1702 billion dollars accounting for % of the total world economy in to the United Nations' Human Development Report in 2011, in the bottom 46 ranked nations (142st to 187th) ,there were 35 African countries and we know there were only 54 African countries.
Published on 4 November 2010 (and updated on 10 June 2011), starting with the 2011 Human Development Report the bines three dimensions:
A long and healthy life: Life expectancy at birth
Education index: Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling
A decent standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP US$)
Poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition and inadequate water supply and sanitation, as well as poor health, affect a large proportion of the people who reside in the African continent. In August 2008, the World Bank announced revised global poverty estimates based on a new international poverty line of $ per day (versus the previous measure of $). % of the Sub-Saharan Africa population was living on less than $ (PPP) a day in 2005.
While no African nation has joined the ranks of the developed nations in anization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yet, the entire continent is not utterly impoverished and there is considerable variation in its wealth. North Africa has long been closely linked to the economies of Europe and the Middle East. South Africa is by far the
continent's wealthiest state in total GDP, accounting for 30% of the continent's GDP in nominal terms and 24% by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity). The small but oil-rich states of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea rou