[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fworld-cup-football-only-for-rich-countries":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":9,"path":10,"content_type":11,"locale":12,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":13,"page_created_at":14,"published_at":13,"edit_url":15,"breadcrumbs":16,"seo":29,"body_blocks":37,"call_to_action":43,"categories":50,"labels":51,"owner":7,"authors":52,"related_pages":53,"related_sites":54,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":56,"banner_message":57},5649,"world-cup-football-only-for-rich-countries","World Cup Football: Only for Rich Countries? - June 2010",null,"The world cup football match isn't only for rich countries. Low income countries also send in their teams, but are there as many low income country teams as rich country teams?","","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fworld-cup-football-only-for-rich-countries","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-03-28T08:42:08.680729+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F5649\u002Fedit\u002F",[17,20,23,26,28],{"title":18,"slug":19},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":21,"slug":22},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":24,"slug":25},"News","news",{"title":27,"slug":27},"2010",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":12,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fworld-cup-football-only-for-rich-countries\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:39:37.514919+02:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp>If you want to see your national team in the World Cup, you'd better live in a rich country. \u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Cbr\u002F> More than half of all teams in the World Cup are high-income countries. \u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Cbr\u002F> Among the low-income countries, only two manage to qualify: Ghana and North Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Click on the picture for an overview of high to low-income football countries.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Source: \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\">Gapminder.org\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Related articles: \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca class=\"external-link\" data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002Fbe76e429373d4e2fb6adf65a5a4e1f4f\" data-plone_href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fabout\u002Foverview-wageindicator-newsletters\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002Fnews-items-2010\u002F2010-world-championship-unequal-salaries-june-2010\" data-val=\"be76e429373d4e2fb6adf65a5a4e1f4f\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fnews\u002F2010\u002F2010-world-championship-unequal-salaries-june-2010\u002F\" title=\"\">World championship unequal salaries 2010\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Check the salaries of footballers and their coaches in most of the world's languages and currencies via the \u003Ca class=\"internal-link\" data-linktype=\"internal\" data-old_url=\"resolveuid\u002Fe7c009655a214b90aeed7b7836a4efba\u002FSalarycheckers\" data-val=\"e7c009655a214b90aeed7b7836a4efba\" href=\"\u002Fsalary\u002FSalarycheckers\" title=\"\">VIP Pay Checkers\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Date: June 28, 2010\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact us",{"title":44,"url":46,"description":44,"rel":47,"type":48,"id":49},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]