Which Next Developed Country Will DOWN GRADE to Deloveping Country

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

Everybody I've known who's lived in NZ says public transport is not good at all, one of the country's weakest points. It simply can't compare with France imo.

And yes, of course there is poverty there.

Having to work 50+ hour weeks with few holidays is not an indication of high standards either, it is crazy to suggest that does not affect quality of life imo.

I've never lived in New Zealand. I'm arguing based in what I've seen from the internet and statistics. New Zealand has overall better quality of life than most of Europe. That's indeed true that you earn more in France, but, on the contrary, in NZ you got lower expenditures.

Of course, there is poverty there. But it's not a huge problem.

And i'm not spanish.

[Gorky]

Portugal to move from developed to underdeveloped country had to drastically lower the average life expectancy, increased infant mortality, lower educational level and freezing salaries for decades


Come on guys....is soooooo stupid

[Atomicus]

Originally Posted by Gorky

He is Spanish my friend

Spain at the same level of France???!! Poor guy

Well, the HDI index, agree or disagree doesn't paint France and Spain either that different regarding, at least, human development.

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Gorky

Portugal to move from developed to underdeveloped country had to drastically lower the average life expectancy, increased infant mortality, lower educational level and freezing salaries for decades


Come on guys....is soooooo stupid

Material deprivation



I would like to see Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, but I imagine they will be very well ranked.

[Gorky]

The poverty rate in Portugal is 17% in Spain?
In the latest OECD report on children living below the poverty line, Spain, UK and Italy were ahead of Portugal!

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Gorky

The poverty rate in Portugal is 17% in Spain?
In the latest OECD report on children living below the poverty line, Spain, UK and Italy were ahead of Portugal!

Please, the OECD didn't put a global standard. They only suggest. But the poverty line wasn't the same for all the countries. Portugal has significantly more poverty than Italy, Spain and, of course, the UK.

[Gorky]

Originally Posted by Acosta

Please, the OECD didn't put a global standard. They only suggest. But the poverty line wasn't the same for all the countries. Portugal has significantly more poverty than Italy, Spain and, of course, the UK.

Why?????! Only in terms of PIB PER CAPITA
I know, in Portugal is considered poor who live below 500 euros!

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by Acosta

I've never lived in New Zealand. I'm arguing based in what I've seen from the internet and statistics. New Zealand has overall better quality of life than most of Europe. That's indeed true that you earn more in France, but, on the contrary, in NZ you got lower expenditures.

Of course, there is poverty there. But it's not a huge problem.

And i'm not spanish.

New Zealand is not a utopia...

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...814-1isoi.html

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

New Zealand is not a utopia...

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...814-1isoi.html

Of course, Australia and New Zealand haven't already been able to include the Maorii, Pasifika and Aborigene (s) into the society.

[Jonesy55]

And in NZ that is a BIG part of society, but even so poverty is not limited to those groups.

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

And in NZ that is a BIG part of society, but even so poverty is not limited to those groups.

The biggest part of the kiwis live pratically in utopia.

[Thermo]

Originally Posted by Acosta

1. Developped as heaven: Scandinavia, Australia, NZ, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland
2. Very developed: USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, UK, Ireland, Singapore
3. Developed: France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia, Taiwan, Israel, HK
4. Developed, but not very much: Czech Republic, maybe Slovakia, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, some arab countries like Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Brunei, Kuwait

Belgium on the same level as Italy, Slovenia,...? In what way are UK, Ireland,... more developed than Belgium?

[henrique42]

''Belgium on the same level as Italy, Slovenia,...? In what way are UK, Ireland,... more developed than Belgium?''

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he's seen in on the internet....

[Acosta]

Originally Posted by Thermo

Belgium on the same level as Italy, Slovenia,...? In what way are UK, Ireland,... more developed than Belgium?

I put Belgium there because of Walonia.

[henrique42]

''I put''

dear Acosta, you're not Argentinian, not Spanish, where are you from?
Don't tell me that you're south american...., (because that would explain a colonial complex !)

[Thermo]

Originally Posted by Acosta

I put Belgium there because of Walonia.

Wallonia is only 30% of Belgium. You think other countries like USA, Ireland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany,... don't have 'poorer' areas?

[Galro]

You think Scandinavia is a country?

[Thermo]

Originally Posted by Galro

You think Scandinavia is a country?

[isakres]

Originally Posted by henrique42

''I put''

dear Acosta, you're not Argentinian, not Spanish, where are you from?
Don't tell me that you're south american...., (because that would explain a colonial complex !)

He is Chilean

[henrique42]

Chile.....that explain it then.
They suffer from megalomania, and think they are almost european!
That's quite sad actually