The charts below show the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.

The bar charts compare the average years of education, 1the number of scientists and technicians per 1,000 peoplelearners' participation in science-related career as well as research spending in developing and developed countries 2in 1980 and 1990from 1980 to 1990. According to the first bar graph, the average years of schooling in developing countries was only about 2 while this was over 8 years in industrialised countries in 1980. After ten years, 3the average number of years in schoolthe number of year in school on an average 4increased in both developing and industrialised countriesincreased both in the developing and industrialised countries reaching just over 3 years in developing countries 5and to over 10 yearswhile over 10 years in developed countries. According to the second graph, the 6number of scientists and techniciansnumber of Scientist and Technician was much higher in developed countries than 7inthe developing countries. 8The percentage of Scientist and Technician in developing countries both in 1980 and 1990 was below 20 while this was around 50 on an average in developed countries. Finally, the third graph 9showsrepresents that the 10amount spent on research and developmentamount spent on Research and Development in 11industrialised countriesindustrially developed countries was much higher than the spending in developing countries. In 121980, spending1980 the spending was around 13US$50 billion50 billion US dollar in developing countries while this amount was more than 14US$150 billion150 billion US dollar in developed countries. Interestingly, 15in 1990after 10 years the spending in Research & Development in developed countries 16more than doubledwas doubled while that amount 17decreased by almost 50%decreased almost by 50% in developing countries.