Measures of Development

• 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• Some data used to measure development could be out of date or could not be collected because of war