India and Kenya

.Name: India  Continent: Asia                                                                                                      

Roads in urban areas are generally well developed, but those in rural regions may be unpaved and impassable in heavy rains. Buses, often crowded, serve as the main source of public transportation in cities. A growing number of people are able to afford cars, and the influx of cars on the road has resulted in increased pollution and traffic. People also travel by motor scooter, tricycle-driven rickshaw, and tanga (a covered horse-drawn cart). Taxis are plentiful, but rates are not standardized. In rural areas, bull-drawn carts are a common mode of transportation. Traffic travels on the left side of the road.  India is a leading producer of peanuts, rice, cheese, tobacco, wheat, cotton, milk, sugarcane, and rubber. Other important crops include grains, oil seed, jute, tea, and coffee. Export earnings come mainly from tea, coffee, iron ore, fish products, and manufactured items. Textiles are a principal domestic product and also a profitable export. India is rich in natural resources, including coal, iron ore, natural gas, diamonds, crude oil, limestone, and important minerals. High-technology industries lead the way for industrial growth. Tourism is also increasingly major cities. India imports crude oil, precious stone, machinery, chemicals, and fertilizer. They export petroleum products, precious stone, vehicles, machinery, iron and steel.   India achieves a Happy Planet Index Score of 50.9 and ranks #32.India is located in south Asia.

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Country Name: Kenya  Continent: Africa

 Kenya is the economic and transport hub of East Africa. Kenya’s real GDP growth has averaged around 5% for the past several years. Nevertheless, Kenya is among the low middle income countries. While Kenya has a growing entrepreneurial middle class, faster growth and poverty reduction is hampered by corruption and by reliance upon several primary goods. Unemployment is high at around 40%agriculture remains the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing 25% of GDP. About 80% of Kenya’s population of roughly 42 million work at least part-time in the agricultural sector, including livestock and pastoral activities. Kenya imports machinery and transportation equipment petroleum products, motor vehicles, irons, and steels. They export tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish. and cement.

Kenya achieves a Happy Planet Index Score of 38.0 and rank#98.