8 maps blow your thoughts about the black continent

The following maps will give you a better idea of ​​Africa's population, income, and potential and what is happening in the black continent compared to the rest of the world.

1. The habitat of 7 billion people in the world

National Geographic map illustrates the world, density and living standards of the world. Not surprisingly, the highest income areas will have a higher life expectancy (77 years for men and 83 for women, while those in low-income areas are 58 and 60 years old), lips school life improved (99% compared to 35%) and better security conditions.

Most alarming is Africa, where nearly 1 billion people live, with a living standard of just under $ 995 per person per year.

2. What does the world look like if measured by wealth in 2015?

With data from the World Bank's development indicators, the above Global Finance map will tell us what the world looks like in 2015: the size of countries will be proportional to the assets of that national economy. Once again, Africa dwindled to scary.

3. The real size of Africa

Like most people, you probably know that Africa is a fairly large continent. But how big? The above infographic by Kai Krause shows the largest countries in the world (including China, the United States, India, Mexico, Peru, France, Spain, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, England, Nepal, Bangladesh, Greece: A total of ~ 30.102 thousand km ² ), when combined into the African map, they all fit like puzzle pieces in this vast black continent (30,221,000). km ² ).

4. The habitat of 30 million slaves in the world

According to the above map of the Walk Free Foundation, red shows the heavy presence of a highly concentrated "slavery", turning more gold to show "slavery" concentrated at a lower level. . This index estimates 'modern slavery' through consideration of population, child marriage and human trafficking in and outside the country.

5. Global vegetation

NASA has clearly described the difference in vegetation between North and South Africa. Clearly this continent still has opportunities for agriculture. In fact, the efficiency of this industry is twice as much as the growth of other sectors in the process of poverty reduction.

6. Risks for water resources in the world

We are talking about a global water crisis. The World Resources Institute has dedicated a mapping tool called Aqueduct to support companies, investors, governments and the public to understand the stress and risks to water resources globally. .

Notice the change between past and present maps. While agricultural opportunities are coming to sub-Saharan regions, North Africa and parts of South Africa face a very high risk of scarcity of freshwater (red).

7. Access to the global Internet

In the black continent, only 7% of people have access to the Internet. The map above describes the distance between regions on Internet accessibility. The good news is that the African telecommunications market is one of the fastest growing markets in the world.

8 . Poor energy

This is a night photo of the world paired by NASA. Africa is in stark contrast to the northern hemisphere. Power poverty will impact poor health care, prevent economic growth, limit or restrict education and security.