Country

Population

Life Expectancy

GDP Per Capita

GDP Rank (out of other oil countries)

HDI Number

HDI Rank In World (2008) p. 363 *I added 2013 numbers

Proven Oil Reserves

0.796 Bahrain 0.742 Iran 0.590 Iraq 0.790 Kuwait Oman Qatar 0.731 0.818

48 76

131 54

84 36

0.782 Saudi Arabia 0.648 Syria United Arab Emirates 0.818

57 116 41

0.458 Yemen

160

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________ Hour:____________ Directions: Fill out the chart on the backside of this page using the information in Chapter 24 along with the Global Data Bank in the back of your textbook (SW Asia is p. 536-539). After you have found all the information, answer the questions below. Provide as much detail as you can to answer them!! 1. Which country in SW Asia has the largest oil reserves? How much? Does that country also have a high GDP per capita? Why/why not?

2. Which country has the highest GDP per capita? What might explain this?

3. Look at the world HDI Rank column. In your book you located the world rankings based on 2008 numbers (p. 363) and I provided you with the 2013 world rankings. What observations can be made about the rankings for SW Asia? Did most of the countries go up, or go down? What do the 2013 rankings say about the quality of life in SW Asian oil countries?

4. Which country out of the 10 oil countries in SW Asia would be the best to live in? Explain why.

5. Which country out of the 10 oil countries in SW Asia would be the LEAST BEST to live in? Explain why.

6. Which system is a better way to determine how good a country is doing, GDP per capita or HDI? Why do you think so?