Indicators	Relationship>
GNI/Personal computers	The wealthier the population the more likely it is to be literate, well educated and wish to use computers for work and leisure. Expect a positive correlation.
GNI/High-tech exports	More complex pattern: the wealthier a country the more likely it is to be at an advanced economic and industrial phase with highly skilled workforce and technology able to enter the world marketplace for high-tech products. Expect a positive correlation but with some poorer countries having high exports because of the influence of transnational corporations producing high-tech products in those countries (e.g. Indonesia, Mexico)
GNI/CO2 emissions	The wealthier a country, the more likely it is to have a manufacturing industry creating CO2 and high consumerism, with cars especially a main effluent source. The higher the GNI the higher the CO2 emissions (see United States and Australia) unless restrictions and legislation put in place to control emission. Here technology is both creating environmental problems and helping to solve them (for example, in France and the United Kingdom). Political decisions stand in the way of a simple reduction of CO2 by means of technological advancements – hence the problem in ratifying the Climate Convention started in Kyoto in the late 1990s (as of May 2004 Russia and the United States – the main polluters – refuse to commit to reductions in CO2 because of fears of the economic cost). Expect a positive correlation overall.