Measuring the development of a country

Question 1

Gross domestic product Definition

Answer 1

Total value of goods produced within a country in a year

Question 2

Positives of GDP

Answer 2

There is a lot of historical data to compare to as many countries measure GDP

Question 3

Negatives of GDP

Answer 3

Does not consider a nations distribution of wealth or determine a nations poverty

Question 4

Gini coefficient definition

Answer 4

Measures how equal people are within a country or between countries. A country is given a score between 0 and 1, 1 = one person has a lot of the income, 0 = equally distributed income

Question 5

Corruption perception index defintion

Answer 5

Measures the perceived corruption in governments and the public sector. 100 is the perfect score, with 0 showing a very corrupt public sector

Question 6

Life expectancy defintion

Answer 6

The average age expected for someone to live

Question 7

%Access to clean water

Answer 7

Number of people in % who have a source of safe water less than 1km from their home