Evaluating a 1980 Economic Claim
A political analyst in 1980 made the following claim: 'The global economic hierarchy is stark and geographically defined. The wealthiest nations are exclusively European or North American, while the group of developing nations is composed solely of African and Asian countries.'
Based only on the following list of countries, ordered from poorest to richest by GDP per capita in 1980, critically evaluate the accuracy of the analyst's claim. Your evaluation should identify which parts of the statement are supported by the data and which are not.
Country Order (poorest to richest): South Sudan, India, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, the UK, Russia, Norway, the USA, Switzerland.
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