HUMS ) THD O NDEC Flashcards
What is the language most commonly used?
French
What is the capital city?
Kinshasa
What are the main imports?
equipments goods, food and chemicals
What are the main exports?
copper, cobalt and gold
How big is it compared to other countries
2nd largest country in Africa, 11th largest in the world
What are common geographical features?
large river basin, high plateaus and mountain ranges.
How big is it?
2.345 million km
Where is it located?
Central Africa
What is the population?
95.89 million
What is the population demographic (below 14)?
47%
What is the population demographic (15-65)?
50%
What is the population demographic (above 65)?
3%
What is the chosen Wellbeing Index?
Human Development Index
What is the Human Development Index?
Measures quality of life by life expectancy, years of schooling and standard of living. Measured in decimal from 0-1.
What is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s score in the index.
0.571
How does the index rank?
middle ground of African countries, low medium of all countries.
What is the wellbeing indicator?
life expectency
What is life expectancy?
How long someone is expected to live in a country.
Life expectancy score?
61.60 years
How has it changed?
Increased since 1950s, continued to increase.
Average increase over year.
0.46
What factors led to life expectancy increase?
increase health care budget, vaccinated children and non for profits.
What is local problem?
Conflict and Violence
Affect of local problem?
Leads to ongoing violence making residents unhappy, scared and dislike living there.
What caused the local problem?
inequality and government corruption
What is the solution?
promote inclusivity, strengthen government(anti-corruption laws) and have government address ethnic tension
How does the solution work?
helped South Africa, Georgia and Ruwanda
