developed vs developing

I've heard people in conversation speak about reality being a mere mirror for people as those who work hard are at the top and those who are lazy are at the bottom. Yet while a positive state of mind attracts positivity, it is hard to compare those living in developed countries to those living in developing countries. 

While in places such as Finland, people have high economic power and hence a high standard of living, inhabitants of third world countries such as India, don't have bare necessities such as water and food. Ironically the rate of suicide is higher in Europe where people have a larger number of luxuries. Contrasting to India, where the streets of Mumbai are flooded with smiling kids running around in tattered clothes, begging for change which contributes to the mafia         (underworld) rather than for their means of survival because they don't have a choice. 

Traveling from the West to the East makes one question one's appreciation of life and what one has rather than doesn't.