Indicators Of Development Flashcards
GNI per person US dollars
The gross national money earned in a country each year divided by the number of people
Life expectancy
The number of years that a person would be expected to live on average at birth
Annual population growth
Subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
Urban population
Proportion of population which lives in towns or cities
Adult literacy
The percentage of people in a country aged 15 or over who can read or write
The human development rank
The position of a country on the human development table produced by the United Nations
What is the HDI
Life expectancy
Adult literacy
Gross domestic product per person
How is it expressed
Between 0 and 1
Advantages of using it
It does not rely solely on wealth as an indicator, but helps us get a better picture by using health and education
It reveals how rich countries use their wealth
Eg an oil rich country where little is spent on education will have a low HDI despite a high GNI
