development indicators

Question 1

example of an economic development indicator

Answer 1

GDP- total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year.

Question 2

what is a development indicator

Answer 2

a measure of how a country is developing

Question 3

example of a social development indicator

Answer 3

HDI - (human development index). Consists of one figure, between 0 and 1. Calculated using an average of 4 indicators:
literacy
education
length of schooling
gdp

Question 4

corruption perception index

Answer 4

scale from 1 to 10 (10 being extremely corrupt) which shows investors where their money is safest and which countries are the most and least corrupt.

Question 5

birth rate

Answer 5

number of babies born per 1000 people a year

Question 6

death rate

Answer 6

total number of deaths per 1000 people each year

Question 7

dependency ratio

Answer 7

proportion of people above and below the working age (0 - 14) and over 65

Question 8

infant mortality rate

Answer 8

number of babies that die under the age of one each year in a country