Development And Population 📖

Question 1

Development

Answer 1

UK is a lot more of a developed country than Niger as the GDP per capita in the UK is $44,100 and Niger is $1,200 which shows the country is more developed and in Niger the access to safe drinking water is 58.2% and the UK is 100%.

Question 2

Dependency Ratio

Answer 2

Proportion of the people below (aged 0-14) and above (aged over 65) the normal working age.

Question 3

Life expectancy

Answer 3

Average number number of years a person can be expected to live.

Question 4

Maternal mortality

Answer 4

Number if mother’s per 100,000 who die in childbirth.

Question 5

Fertility rate

Answer 5

Average number of births per woman.

Question 6

Birth rate

Answer 6

Number of live births per 1000 people per year.

Question 7

Infant mortality

Answer 7

Number of children per 1000 who die before their first birthday.

Question 8

Death rate

Answer 8

Number of deaths per 1000 people per year.

Question 9

Simple indicators

Answer 9

Indicators such as birth rate and death rate are known as simple indicators as they only measure one variable.

Question 10

Composite indicators

Answer 10

The human development index gives a more accurate picture of the differences between countries.

Question 11

The Gino coefficient

Answer 11

Shows how the wealth is spread across the country 0 means everyone has the same income, 1 would mean one person has all the wealth in that country.