GDP-English-Comparison

It is commonly believed that English-speaking countries are more economically successful. To test this theory, FarWest assembled a list of approximately 50 major countries to compare their GDP and English fluency. While we expected some correlation, the results were surprising. For 36 of the 50 countries investigated, there seemed to be an approximate 500:1 ratio between personal GDP and English fluency. There are three possible explanations for this. First, as GDP increases, people have more money to invest in their English education. In other words MONEY => ENGLISH. Second, as English levels increase, the country has access to the global market, allowing them to do business with more countries. ENGLISH => MONEY. The third explanation is really a combination of the first two. As countries gain some access to the global market, they make more money. They then invest that money into English education, which gives them even more access to the global market. ENGLISH => MONEY => ENGLISH =>... Whatever the reason, there is definitely a correlation.