Ethiopia, China, UK GCSE Case Study Geography

Ethiopia-A poor LIC

• Ethiopia is ranked 170 out of 177 countries in terms of its level of development
• This makes it one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world
• Located in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Its economy is based on the primary sector mostly Africa
• The primary sector accounts for 75% of all the employment in Ethiopia but only 44% of GDP
• This reflects that agriculture in Ethiopia is mainly subsistence farming
• The most import crop for export is coffee. However with drought coomn and a war with the their   neighbours Eritrea this has caused coffee poriduction to become very unpredictable
• Over 75% of Ethiopians live in rural areas.
• This explains why there is so little employment in the tertiary sector
• The small tertiary sector accounts for almost as much as the primary sector when it comes to GDP
• The country lacks mineral resources and the capital necessary for industrialisatipon
• Ethiopia has yet to make much progress up the development staircase.

China-A rapidly emerging Economy

• China is a giant country iin terms of area and population
• It is now the second largest exonomy in the world.
• It is still a lower-middle income country
• The secondary sector has been driving much of China’s development
• Its industrial success is based mainly on cheap labour and energy.
• This wealth is encouraging growth in the tertiary secotor
• The primary sector still employs a large number of workers.
• However this sectors contribution to gdp is shrinking, fast

UK- a post-industrial economy

• The UK was the world’s first industrial nation.
• It lead the industrial revolution.
• Backthen, manufacturing produced 40% of the country’s wealth and a third of its workforce
• Today, however it poriduces 24% and employs 18%
• This is as a result in the global shift In manufacturing
• The country has experienced de industrialisation
• Many of the goods once made in Uk are now made in China,India and other countries.
• Nowadays the Uk’s economy is service based.
• The tertiary sector porivides jobs for 80% of thw workers. It creates 75% of the national wealth
• Uk farming produces 60% of the country’s food supply
• The low labour percentage is due to mechanisation
• Low GDP percentage reflects the difference in price from farm products to manufactured products and services.