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Most countries in Asia have lower income in the past but has seen an increase in income over the years.

Countries in North America and Europe seemed to always had high income and has been consistent throughout the years.

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- Very few LICs, mostly in Central Africa with some exceptions being Afghanistan, Yemen, North Korea and Syria
- Most of South America is in the Upper Middle to High Income range, with the biggest exception being Bolivia
ーThere are clusters of HIC countries in North America, Western Europe, East Asia and areas of Oceania.

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- high income areas of Saudi Arabia Oman, and UAE, due to presence of the natural recourse of oil. have the anomaly of Yemen which is classified as very low income

-Middle income areas of Asia have anomalies of both high income (japan and South Korea) and low income (Afghanistan)

-low income areas of Central Africa, mostly sub-Saharan are mostly low income with exceptions of Southern Africa, Gabon and equatorial Guinea

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-North America and Europe have have high or upper middle income however central America has lower middle income

-Africa has low or lower middle income with only some countries having upper middle such as South Africa.

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- Most of the highest income countries are in Western Europe and North America. Some exceptions being japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand.
- most  of the mid-low and lowest income countries are in South Asia and Africa. Some exceptions being Thailand, Libya and Gabon. Also Ukraine which is a lower middle income country in Eastern Europe where most of the countries are higher income

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- Most of the HIC's are clustered in North America and Europe with some noticeable countries being Japan, Australia and Saudi Arabia
- The majority of the LIC's and lower middle income countries are especially clumped in Africa with a heavy focus on LIC's being in the center e.g. Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia
- Despite the majority of Africa having a low/lower income, countries such as Libya and Botswana have been classified as upper middle income countries.

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- Uneven pattern of economic development
- Low income countries clustered in the middle of Africa
- High income countries clustered in North America, West Europe, Middle East, with the anomaly of Japan and South Korea. being the only HICs in Asia

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- Majority of Europe and the Americas are HIC's or Higher Middle Income Countries

-SE Asia has a lot of lower middle income countries but there are a few exceptions eg. Thailand

-One outlier is North Korea as it is surrounded by HIC's or MIC's but it is a LIC

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- majority of countries in Asia and Africa were low income in 1987
- as we entered new millennium, widespread human and economic development occurred
- GNI per capita increased, pushing countries like China & Russia past the high income threshold

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- majority of countries in Asia are LIC
- majority of European Countries are HIC

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-countries in conflict/war have the lowest income (North Korea, Syria, Afghanistan and a lot of countries in Africa)

-Most of the high-income countries are in North America and Europe.

-South east asia has relatively low middle income countries with the exception of countries such as Thailand

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- LIC is located in the central region of the world -> Africa + South Asia
- Most HICs are not landlocked, such as Australia, North America
- Clusters of distribution

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- Countries in North America and Europe are mostly HICs with a few lower middle income countries.
- Countries in the South such as countries in Africa are mostly clustered in the middle and are LICs and lower middle income countries.
- NICs such as China are emerging from Asia and South America.
- Most of the countries in Asia are MICs, however there are a few oil-rich countries in the middle east that are HICs.