Measuring development

• Development


  The process of economic growth through the use of technology and improving the place's welfare
• The level of development is different in different countries
• Global development gap


  The difference in development between more and less developed countries
• Measures of development


  • Access to safe water
  • Birth rate
  • Death rate
  • GNI (Gross National Income per person)
  • Infant mortality rates
  • Life expectancy
  • Literacy rate
  • People per doctor ratio
• GNI (Gross National Income) can be misleading since it is an average and variations don't show social indicators
• Social indicators can also be misleading as a country develops, some aspects develop much faster than others and thus might seem like a country is developing when it actually is not
• Country classifications based on wealth

  • High income country
  • Low-income country
  • Newly emerging economy
• Human Development Index (HDI)


  Calculated using GNI, life expectancy and education level. The closer to 1, the more developed a country is.
• Countries have an HDI value between 0 and 1