Newcountry has a population of 10 million and its citizens c

Newcountry has a population of 10 million and its citizens consumed a total of 4 EJ (Example Joules) of energy in 2015. (a) Calculate the energy consumed per capital for the Newcountry. (b) The United Nations rated Newcountry with an HDI of 0.8, how would you categorize Newcountry as a rich or poor country and explain why?

Solution

10 million people consumed 4 EJ

a) Energy consumed per capital for the Newcountry = 4*10¹⁸

10 million people are there.

So per capita = 4*10^18 / 10*10^6

=4*(10^11) Joules per person

b) A .8 HDI score means that he is in the top 50 teams in terms of Human Developement. It is a relatively

good HDI. Its a rich people country.