World Cup Football: Only for Rich Countries? - June 2010

If you want to see your national team in the World Cup, you'd better live in a rich country.

More than half of all teams in the World Cup are high-income countries.

Among the low-income countries, only two manage to qualify: Ghana and North Korea.

 

Click on the picture for an overview of high to low-income football countries.

Source: Gapminder.org

 

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Date: June 28, 2010