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NICs, sectoral change and development
The relative importance of Manufacturing to Different Countries is changing. What are NICs? Who are/were the Asian Tigers? China’s changing role in the world’s economy
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Employment structures and development
NIC MEDC LEDC As a country develops they loose their primary industry and begin to industrialise as the country becomes further developed and the land too expensive the secondary industry is moved. Any secondary industry that is left if carried out by machines. Tertiary industry then has enough money to fully develop.
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UK USA China Japan Germany Italy France India Brasil Russia 1970 4.1
UK USA China Japan Germany Italy France India Brasil Russia 1970 4.1 28.5 3.8 8.1 7.5 3.1 3.7 0.9 1975 22.2 4.2 9.2 8.5 3.6 4.7 1980 4.5 20.9 4.8 10.8 8.9 5.0 1.0 1985 3.4 28.0 13.3 6.6 3.5 1.1 1990 4.3 21.6 3.0 16.8 9.1 1995 22.4 5.2 21.1 9.0 3.9 4.0 2000 26.0 8.3 17.7 6.7 3.3 1.2 2005 22.3 12.3 12.7 7.4 1.6 2010 2.3 18.2 18.9 10.7 6.0 2.6 2.2 2015 3 19 10 7 1 Figure 20: A chart showing the percentage share of world manufacturing from 1970 to 2010
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Figure 21: A graph to show the percentage share of world manufacturing for selected countries from 1970 to 2010
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Figure 22: A map identifying the four Asian Tigers
South Korea Taiwan Hong Kong Singapore Figure 22: A map identifying the four Asian Tigers
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Population (millions) 49.8 5.3 7.2 23.1 63.0
South Korea Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan UK Population (millions) 49.8 5.3 7.2 23.1 63.0 Percentage urban population 83 100 n/a 80 Life expectancy (years) 79 84 82 78 Literacy rate (%) 98 93 94 96 99 Growth rate (%) 3.6 4.9 5 4 0.7 Income per person ($) 32,100 60,500 49,800 38,200 36,600 Percentage in agriculture 6.4 1 1.3 1.4 Percentage in industry 24.2 26.6 6.8 32 18.2 Percentage in tertiary industry 69.4 73.4 93.2 66.9 80.4 Percentage below poverty line 15 1.2 14 Figure 23: A statistical comparison of the Asian Tigers with the UK for reference (2016)
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Figure 24: A view of Shenzhen’s financial centre
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Life Expectancy (years)
Guizhou Province 2006 Guangdong Province (inc. Shenzhen) Recent Life Expectancy (years) 67 75 71.1 (2016) 76.4 (2016) Annual income $1,945 $7,978 7,728 Figure 25: Statistics comparing the provinces of Guizhou and Guangdong (source: Gapminder)
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Figure 26: Photos comparing air quality in Beijing at two different times of the year
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