About the Lesson/Teacher’s guide

This teacher guide explains how you can use Gapminder World to lecture about global development from 1800 until today. For inspiration, you can watch a brief video-lecture with Hans Rosling here.

Key messages of the lecture

• In 1800, income per person was low and life expectancy was very short in all countries.
• Health is better everywhere today, even in the poorest countries.
• Income is much higher in most, but not all, countries today.
• The income and health gaps between countries are larger today.
• Most people today live in “middle income” countries