13 Questions to Test your Knowledge of the World

How much do you actually know about the world?

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We think we know about poverty and wealth, demography, births and deaths, education, health, gender, violence, or environment, but most of us don’t. In his masterclass, Factfulness, Hans Rosling challenges our understanding of the actual state of our world with 13 simple questions:

1. Nowadays, in low-income countries around the world, how many young girls finish primary school?
   A. 20%
   B. 40%
   C. 60%
2. Where does the majority of the global population live?
   A. low-income countries
   B. middle-income countries
   C. high-income countries
3. In the last 20 years, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty:
   A. almost doubled
   B. remained more or less unchanged
   C. almost halved
4. What is the global life expectancy?
   A. 50 years
   B. 60 years
   C. 70 years
5. Today there are 2 billion kids between 0 and 15 years old. According to the UN, how many will there be in 2100?
   A. 4 billion
   B. 3 billion
   C. 2 billion
6. The UN predicts that the global population will increase by 4 billion people by 2100. What is the main reason?
   A. there will be more kids (under 15)
   B. there will be more adults (between 15 and 74)
   C. there will be more elderly (over 75)