1. The United States vs. Pakistan
An Agricultural Case Study

2. Take note of where the United States is in terms of per capita GDP and life expectancy in relation to the country of Pakistan.

3. Now notice the percentage of GDP that agriculture takes up in the United States vs Pakistan. What can we tell by this graph?

4. Now notice the correlation between the net production of cereals per person in relation to the income levels per person in the US and Pakistan.

5. This graph shows us the percentage of workers the agricultural sector employs in both the United States and Pakistan. What does this graph tell us that the others did not? What do we now know about the current agricultural state of Pakistan vs the United States? We know that the production of agricultural output is more efficient and effective in the United States because we produce more agricultural goods per person than does Pakistan, even though we have fewer people working in the agricultural sector.

6. The United States vs. Pakistan
Important crop production
Cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables
Make up more than 75% of agricultural production
Pakistan is a net food importer
Imports more food than it exports
Data for Pakistan food production found at US State Department website.

7. Pakistan Workers Per Hectare Agricultural Machinery Wheat Production
1.1
Agricultural Machinery
148.3 tractors per 100 hectares of arable land
Wheat Production
18,200 metric tons
Agricultural statistics found at

8. Pakistan Poverty Rate 24% live below the poverty line
Poverty Rate found at CIA World Fact Book

9. The United States vs. Pakistan

10. United States Workers per Hectare Agricultural Machinery
0.05
Pakistan has 22x the number of workers per Hectare!
Agricultural Machinery
269.3 tractors per 100 hectares of arable land
Wheat production
63,590 metric tons
Agricultural statistics found at

11. United States Important Crops The US is a net food exporter
Wheat, Corn, other grains
The US is a net food exporter
We export more than we import
We are self sufficient in the world of agriculture.
Agricultural Information found at CIA World Fact Book

12. United States Poverty Rate 12% lives below the poverty line
Poverty rate found in CIA World Fact Book