The given table makes a detailed comparison about some different items between Madagascar and Mauritius around the Indian ocean in 1999.
The surface of Madagascar reached 12823 km2, which is five times larger than Mauritius, of which the same figure is only 2189 km2. The territory area explains why the number of residents in Madagascar also exceeded Mauritius’s population, which is 2678 and 45 thousands respectively. As for the demographic change, both nations present a rising pattern, although compared to 12% of Madagascar, the 2% of Mauritius is a little bit slow.
However, though Madagascar was leading in the three items I have mentioned above, it behaved negatively in the GDP and enrollment of school compared with Mauritius. The people living in Mauritius enjoy 360 dollars per capital in average in 1999, which is about triple that of Madagascar. Looking at the enrollment rates, it is obvious that once it turns to secondary school, the figure of Madagascar is far lower than Mauritius (51% and 73% respectively), despite that of primary education only shows a slight difference.
To sum up, although Madagascar has larger territory and population, when considering the economic and educational aspects, it is not as well performed as Mauritius
The
given
table
makes
a detailed comparison about
some
different
items between Madagascar and Mauritius around the
Indian ocean
in 1999.
The surface of Madagascar reached 12823 km2, which is five times larger than Mauritius, of which the same figure is
only
2189 km2.
The
territory area
explains
why the number of residents in Madagascar
also
exceeded Mauritius’s population, which is 2678 and 45 thousands
respectively
. As for the demographic
change
, both nations present a rising pattern, although compared to 12% of Madagascar, the 2% of Mauritius is a
little bit
slow.
However
, though Madagascar was leading in the three items I have mentioned above, it behaved
negatively
in the GDP and enrollment of school compared with Mauritius. The
people
living in Mauritius enjoy 360 dollars per capital in average in 1999, which is about triple that of Madagascar. Looking at the enrollment rates, it is obvious that once it turns to secondary school, the figure of Madagascar is far lower than Mauritius (51% and 73%
respectively
), despite that of primary education
only
shows
a slight difference.
To sum up, although Madagascar has larger territory and population, when considering the economic and educational aspects, it is not
as well
performed as Mauritius