Development Flashcards
GDP
The total of all money produced per year by a countries workers
GDP per capita
The wealth shared out equally among all the people of a country
Birth rate
The number of births per year per 1000 people
Death rate
Number of deaths per year per 1000 people
Life expectancy
The average number of years a person can expect to live (HDI - human development index)
Primary employment
The percentage of people in the country employed in primary occupations
Infant mortality
Number if children per year out of every 1000 born alive that die before the age of 1
Energy per person
The amount of energy which each person in the country uses per year
People per doctor
Number of patients divided by the number of doctors
Literacy rate
Number of adults who can read and write every 100 people (HDI)
Food intake
Number of kilocalories (kcals) each person in the country takes a day
Social factors
Linked to people quality of life ( life expectancy, health and education)
Economic factors
Linked to money (wealth) and how it’s generated
Human development index (HDI)
Best way of measuring because it looks at life expectancy, literacy and GDP (wealth). each country is given a score between 1 and 0 the closer the country is to 1 the more development uk=0.86
GDP stands for
Gross Domestic Product (per capita)
