Development Indicators Flashcards
GDP
(Gross Domestic Product) monetary value of all goods and services over time
GNP
(Gross National Product) GDP plus income and expenditure from foreign countries
HDI
(Human Development Index) a composite statistic including life expectancy, mean years of schooling and gross national income per capita
Measured from 0 to 1
Life expectancy
The average number of years a person in a country can expect to live
Birth rate
The number of live deaths per thousands of population per year
Death rate
The number of deaths per thousands of population per year
Adult literacy rate
The percentage of people aged over 15 who can read and write
Number of doctors per 1000 people
The number of people per each doctor in a country
Percentage in primary education
The percentage of children who attend full time primary education