zimbabwe vs south africa

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Education plays an important role in a country’s development. Some believe that an increase in education leads to an increase in a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. The higher level of education an individual has the more likely they will work in the labor force. Having a better education helps an individual become mobilized in the job world. However, according to the growth theory, the issue with more education spending is the inequality of how the money is being spent. For example, if a country spends more money paying faculty than spending money on the equipment needed for the students to be taught correctly, then the quality of education decreases, regardless of the amount spent. South Africa and Zimbabwe are different when it comes to terms of education.
South Africa has a school life expectancy of thirteen years, whereas Zimbabwe’s school life expectancy is around nine years. Both countries have the same literacy rate of age of fifteen or over can read and write. Zimbabwe has the highest unemployment rate in the world, which is at ninety five percent. Part of their high unemployment rate is because of their lack of education, which inhibits their ability to work in the labor field. South Africa has unemployment rate of about fifty percent. There is a big gap between the unemployment rates within the two countries. A big factor for the unemployment rate is that the poverty line affects unemployment. Families who live under the poverty line do not get as good as an education compared to better off families. Sixty eight percent of Zimbabwe is under the poverty line. This causes the inability or less change for those under the poverty level to be able to get a good job in the work force. South Africa has a ...

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... the diseases. South Africa has a high infant mortality infant and low life expectancy leading to the conclusion that they need medical aid.
Zimbabwe is the eighteenth largest recipient of official humanitarian assistance in 2011. The equivalent of 12.f% of its gross national income was received as aid (ODA). Zimbabwe is ranked one-hundred and seventeenth out of two-hundred and fourteen countries. It is classified as a fragile state basically meaning the country is unstable. Zimbabwe does have a higher life expectancy rate than South Africa, but the life expectancy is still low. Zimbabwe is considered to be a fragile state, meaning they need military assistance along with the medical assistance. Compared to South Africa Zimbabwe receives more humanitarian assistance than South Africa because of how undeveloped the country is and the amount of assistance is greater.

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