Question

Look at the land use of the following regions and answer the questions that follow:

Region	Arable land (%)	Land under permanent crops (%)	Land under permanent meadows and pastures (%)	Land under Forests (%)	Other land (%)	GDP in billion dollars (2017)
A	11.8	0.3	46.0	2.1	39.9	76.48
B	4.0	0.04	44.0	20.1	32.1	1364.83
C	52.0	16.0	4.1	9.7	17.9	837.58
D	27.4	0.8	15.3	22.4	32.6	567.48
E	6.5	1.0	16.7	57.0	19.2	3456.35
F	57.8	0.6	5.5	14.3	21.8	312.84
G	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.1	95.6	1391.25
H	33.6	1.8	16.8	31.0	16.4	3061.14
I	50.1	4.1	3.1	21.8	20.8	11325.66
J	13.7	13.0	5.7	48.5	19.0	3737.48
K	11.0	0.8	2.6	66.0	19.7	5747.49
L	2.5	0.5	37.5	37.7	21.8	206.22

1. What does the table show?
2. Which region has the highest land use under agriculture?
3. Which region has the highest GDP?
4. Which country has more land use under forests?
5. Which region has highest land use under the category ‘other land’? What is its GDP?
6. Write your conclusion in few sentences.

Answer 1

1. The table shows the percentage distribution of land use under arable land, permanent crops, permanent meadows and pastures, forests and other land in different regions. It also shows their GDP in 2017.
2. Region C has the highest land use under agriculture.
   Agricultural land = Arable land + Permanent crops + Permanent meadows and pastures
   = 52.0 + 16.0 + 4.1
   = 72.1%
3. Region I has the highest GDP of $ 11,325.66 billion.
4. Region K has the highest land under forests, i.e. 66.0%.
5. Region G has the highest percentage of other land at 95.6%.
   Its GDP is $ 1,391.25 billion.
6. The table shows that land use differs greatly from one region to another. Some regions have more agricultural land, while others have more forests or other land. High GDP does not always depend on having more agricultural land, as economic development also depends on industries, services, technology, resources and other factors.