Sometimes, we think everything in the world is perfect and fine. We think everyone in the world is same and equal. At times, we also think everyone in the world is okay. How good it would be if they are true and are not just in our thinking or imagination. But, sadly, the world is not so. You or I may be okay, but others are not.
It is often said if you want to understand the world, look at how people live. In this article, we shall make an effort to understand the world by taking a look at how people around the world live. In fact, we can get a pretty accurate picture of how people at different income levels live if we pay attention to the things that their kids play with.
Below is a list of favorite toys of kids at different income levels of people around the world, captured by the team of Dollar Street, an initiative founded by Gapminder co-founder Anna Rosling Rönnlund, which have a team of photographers documenting over hundreds of homes at different income levels around the world to photograph people’s possessions. These intimate glimpses into the everyday lives of hundreds of families will make you see how people really live and what life looks like on different income levels.
1. In a Burkinabe home living on $29/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is an old tire.
2. In a Burundian home living on $29/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is dried maize.
3. In an Indian home living on $31/month per adult, the kid holding his favorite toy.
4. In a Zimbabwean home living on $34/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a home-made ball.
5. In a Haitian home living on $39/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy car is made out of recycled plastic items.
6. In a Zimbabwean home living on $41/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a car.
7. In a Haitian home living on $43/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a hoop.
8. In a Burkinabe home living on $45/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a broken plastic doll.
9. In a Burkinabe home living on $54/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a tire.
10. In an Ivorian home living on $61/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a shoe.
11. In an Indian home living on $65/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a home-made cricket bat.
12. In a Rwandan home living on $72/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toys are leaves.
13. In a Haitian home living on $102/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a handheld video game.
14. In a Palestinian home living on $112/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a plastic bottle.
15. In a Colombian home living on $123/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a volleyball ball.
16. In a Nigerian home living on $124/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toys are wooden poles.
17. In a Colombian home living on $163/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a cat.
18. In a Filipino home living on $170/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a plastic doll.
19. In a Tunisian home living on $218/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a scooter.
20. In an Indian home living on $245/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a toy truck.
21. In a Jordanian home living on $249/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toys are stuffed animals.
22. In a Rwandan home living on $251/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a stick.
23. In a Bolivian home living on $254/month per adult, the favorite toy is a stuffed toy.
24. In an Indian home living on $369/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a cell phone.
25. In a Cambodian home living on $463/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a puppy.
26. In a Latvian home living on $480/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a stuffed animal.
27. In a Jordanian home living on $583/month per adult, the favorite toy is a tablet computer.
28. In an American home living on $855/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is Lego.
29. In a Mexican home living on $1,093/month per adult, the favorite toy is an electric guitar.
30. In a Chinese home living on $2,235/month per adult, the kid’s favorite toy is a military tank model.
31. In a South African home living on $2,862/month per adult, the favorite toy is a stuffed animal.
32. In a Kenyan home living on $3,268/month per adult, the favorite toy is a tablet computer.
33. In a Nepalese home living on $3,829/month per adult, the favorite toy is a teddy bear.
34. In an American home living on $4,650/month per adult, the favorite toy is baseball gear.
35. In a Jordanian home living on $7,433/month per adult, the favorite toy is a large stuffed animal.
36. In a Ukrainian home living on $10,090/month per adult, the favorite toy is a large stuffed animal.
37. In a Chinese home living on $10,098/month per adult, the favorite toy is stuffed animal.
38. In a Latvian home living on $11,381/month per adult, the favorite toy is a stuffed animal.
It is clearly understood from the above that some people are indeed having too little and the world is just too unfair in terms of equality. On the other hand, we also learned that people at all income levels around the world have a lot of similarities.
