High-, middle- and low-income countries

Question 1

GNI per capita

Answer 1

Gross National Income per capita
- the total value of goods & services a country’s citizens produce
- per capita means per person

Question 2

Classifying countries?

Answer 2

ALL COUNTRIES
–> high-income countries
–> middle-income countries
–> low-income countries
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
–> upper middle income countries
–> lower middle income countries

Question 3

High-income

Answer 3

GNI PER CAPITA RANGE
$12,696 or more
examples –> australia, usa, uk, japan
no. of countries –> 84

Question 4

Upper middle-income

Answer 4

GNI PER CAPITA RANGE
$4096 - 12,695
examples –> mexico, ukraine, indonesia, turkey
no. of countries –> 52

Question 5

Lower middle-income

Answer 5

GNI PER CAPITA RANGE
$1046 - $4095
examples –> cambodia, india, pakistan, nepal
no. of countries –> 50

Question 6

Low-income

Answer 6

GNI PER CAPITA RANGE
$1045 or less
examples –> chad, zimbabwe, uganda
no.of countries –> 32

Question 7

Characteristics of high-, middle- & low- income countries?

Answer 7

–> economic
–> social
–> environmental