Analysis
The original 1990 GIS 10/40 Window analysis produced several insights, among them showing that the nations of the 10/40 Window represent (as of the research date):
- 82% of the poorest of the world's poor (per capita GNP less than US$500 per year),
- 84% of those with lowest quality of life (life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy),
- the hub of the world's major non-Christian religions (Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.,)
- close to 100% of those who are both most-poor and have least-access to Christian resources (two-dimensional analysis)
- The least Christian resource investment and least sharing of the Christian message
The GIS analysis utilized country-level data from the Operation World almanac, the World Christian Encyclopedia, and the World Factbook.
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