Measures of Development

Cards (15)

  • GNI stands for gross national income
  • GNI is a measurement of economic activity that is calculated by the gross national income and including income earned from investments overseas divided by the population
  • Birth rates are the number of births in a year per 1000 of the population
  • Death rates are the number of deaths in a year per 1000 of the population
  • Infant mortality is the average number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age, per 1000 live births, per year
  • Life expectancy is the average number of years a person might be expected to live
  • Literacy rates are the percentage of people who have basic reading and writing skills
  • HDI stands for human development index
  • The highest HDI is 1 and the lowest 0
  • HDI is a method of measuring the development in which GDP per capita, life expectancy and adult literacy are combined to give an overview
  • HDI is a combination of economic and social measures
  • People per doctor is the number of people who rely on a single doctor to meet their needs
  • Access to safe water is the percentage of people who have access to safe drinking water without the risk of contracting waterborne diseases such as cholera
  • Measures in development do not clearly show disparities between different areas in a country
  • Some data used to measure development could be out of date or could not be collected because of war