The accompanying table shows data from the World Bank, World Development Indicators, for real GDP per capita (in 2010 U.S. dollars) for Argentina, Ghana, South Korea, and Canada for 1960, 1980, 2000, and 2015.

a. Complete the table by expressing each year€™s real GDP per capita as a percentage of its 1960 and 2015 levels.

b. How does the growth in living standards from 1960 to 2015 compare across these four nations? What might account for these differences?

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Argentina Canada Ghana South Korea Percentage of Percentage of 1960 real GDP Percentage of Percentage of 1960 real Real GDP per Real GDP per capita (2010 U.S. Real GDP per capita 1960 real GDP per capita 1960 re al GDP per capita 2015 real 2015 real GDP per 2015 real GDP 2015 real Real GDP capita (2010 U.S. per capita (2010 U.S. dollars) GDP per GDP per (2010 U.S. GDP per capita per capita per capita dollars) dollars) Year dollars) $1,103 capita capita capita $5,853 $1,053 $17,664 1960 31,769 8,408 901 1980 3,911 15,105 43,637 2000 8,544 975 25,023 50,108 2015 12,128 1,696