DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS Miss Parson – Allerton Grange School

Aim – to be able to identify factors that can classify a country as being a MEDC or LEDC

Look at the following pictures, they will give you hints to factors you can look at to help judge the country's level of development

How did you do ? Literacy rates The % of people that can read and write Computers The number of computers per person (what does this tell you about the 3wealth of the country?

Number of hospitals/health care Money : GDP The average amount of money earned per person How did you do ?

Population growth rate What does it tell you? Life expectancy The average age a person id expected to live How did you do ?

Industry The percentage of primary, secondary, tertiary industry Doctors The average number of doctors per person How did you do ?

Food The average daily calorie intake per person Birth rate The amount of births per 1000 of the population Also Death rate The amount of deaths per 1000 of the population How did you do ?

Televisions The average number of televisions per 1000 of the population Transport How developed is the infrastructure? How did you do ?

Can you think of any others ? Infant mortality rate Number or babies per 1000 of the population that die before the first birth day

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