Geography of retardation
Africa. African countries constitute an absolute majority in the list of least developed countries in the world — 26 out of 36. At the beginning of the 1990s, Africa accounted for no more than 10% of the world's agricultural production; 1.5% of industrial; 2% of the world production of services. If Latin America has approximately 45 per cent of children of school age; in Asia, 35 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa is only 11%. Three quarters of the population are illiterate. 40% of Africans have annual income below $ 250. (that is, below the official poverty line). Only one malaria kills 1 million Africans.