A Primer of the Best Eight

A PRIMER OF THE BEST EIGHT Capacity Stadiums Teams HDI Life GDP Population Population GDP Life HDI Teams Stadiums Capacity Expectancy Expectancy 1111111 11111111 NED GER The top eight teams in this world cup are BEL FRA representing eight countries with different 1,689,798 800 82 50000 210 210 50000 800 50 1700000 82 realities, this is a comparison in terms of 1,666,069 776 COL 4 81.6 202.7 5 CRC 200 200 economy, social development and sport infrastructure to 47,663 1600000 1600000 BRA 81.1 46 81 44,999 45,383 1,538,056 100 190 10 10 understand from where each squad is coming ARG 44 44 1500000 1500000 700 700 80.4 42,999 180 180 42 80 79.9 17 1400000 1400000 170 170 40 40000 40000 40 20 July 5 July 6 00:00 00:00 1300000 160 160 1300000 79 600 600 37 150 150 1200000 1200000 30 78 78 140 140 78 1100000 1100000 77.5 500 500 130 130 30000 30000 30 1000000 1000000 77 77 40 120 120 27 45 900000 900000 415 110 110 July 9 July 10 00:00 00:00 76 76 400 400 829,940 50 00 100 50 800000 800000 75.2 22 90 90 21 75 75 700000 700000 20000 20000 20 20 80.7 80 300 300 60 60 585,950 563,414 600000 62 70 70 74 560,000 260 65.9 500000 500000 60 60 73.2 70 70 73 73 July 4 July 5 200 200 Total stadiums HDI: Human 11,776 50 50 20:00 20:00 400000 400000 173 11,310 47.6 capacity Development Index 183 Is a tool to measure and rank countries levels of social and economic progress 42.6 10,432 10 10000 10 40 40 Very High:(1 to 47) High: (48 to 94) Medium: (95 to 141) Low: (142 to 187) 300000 300000 Football 72 72 8,097 stadiums 80 11111111 80 30 30 96 00 196,787 200000 89 85 Teams in domestic GDP (USD per capita) 20 20 71 leagues Gross Domestic Product is an indicator of a country's material standard of living 71 71 16.8 11.1 100000 100000 90 90 10 10 91 Life expectancy at birth (in years) Population (in millions) 4.6 70 70 95 Source: United Nations Development Programme's human development report, Cia World Factbook, FIFA Graphics 20 COL BRA GER FRA Mineirao stadium Belo Horizonte Arena de Sao Paulo CRC NED BEL ARG