Development and the Tertiary Sector AP Human Geography Industrialization and Economic Development Unit

For today, 02/10 Go to Socrative.com (ROOM 262479) and begin the activity. Do not consult any outside sources – hopefully you GET it! 

Concepts to Revisit and Understand: GDP (Gross Domestic Product) vs. GNP (Gross National Product) GNI (Gross National Income) High % primary = LDC High % tertiary = MDC

Use EVIDENCE to explain: (1.) High employment in the tertiary sector in MDCs. (2.) Exceptions to #1 (high employment in tertiary sector in MDCs). (3.) High employment in primary sector in LDCs.

2015 HDI Rankings (1.) Norway (2.) Australia (3.) Switzerland (4.) Denmark (5.) Netherlands (134.) Vanuatu TOURISM! Explain how the countries below are “outliers” regarding their level of development: (1.) Vanuatu: % of GDP from tertiary sector

Vanuatu & Australia Vanuatu Australia 2014 HDI Rank 134 2 % Workforce = Tertiary 30% 75% % of GDP = Tertiary 62% 69% 65% of Vanuatu’s labor force is involved in agriculture, most of which is subsistence or small-scale (it would be lower if its agricultural and physiological densities were lower). The spike in GDP coming from the tertiary sector can be accounted for by tourism - it is host to several hundred thousand tourists each year, mostly from Australia and New Zealand.