Standard of Living

​Standard of Living... data, stats, and connections​

Match

Match the following

• Life Expectancy

• GDP Per Capita

• Human Development Index

Years a person is expected to live

Total value of goods and services produced per person

Tool used to measure and rank countries

• Years a person is expected to live

• Total value of goods and services produced per person

• Tool used to measure and rank countries

Match

Match the following

• Literacy rate
• Developing Nation
• Developed Nation
• Standard of living

% of population that can read and write

few industries, many people in poverty

Many industries, poverty rate lower

level at which a person lives

• % of population that can read and write
• few industries, many people in poverty
• Many industries, poverty rate lower

• level at which a person lives

Developed Nation

a nation with many industries and very few poor people who are unable to buy the things they need

Word Cloud

What words come to mind when you think of a developed nation?
Letʻs brainstorm as many examples as we can...

Developing Nation

a nation with few industries and larger amounts of people who are struggling to buy the things they need.

Word Cloud

What words come to mind when you think of a developing nation?
Letʻs brainstorm as many examples as we can...

Open Ended

Why would some countries be developed and some be developing?
(What terms that we looked at so far might be part of the CAUSE? )

​Gross Domestic Product

The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a given year. It is a good indicator of how healthy that nation's economy is.

​GDP Per Capita

Total amount of goods and services produced by a nation in a given year divided by the number of people living in that country. Another good indicator of economic health but be cautious...why?

Open Ended

Why is China's GDP per capita so low?

Open Ended

Pick a country and explain its GDP and what factors cause it to be high/low/moderate...

Literacy Rate

The percentage of the population age (15 and older) that can read and write

Open Ended

Which country or countries of the world would you predict have the highest literacy rates? Why? Lowest? Why?

Open Ended

What surprises you? Why?

Let's look at some data tables that show the relationships between these concepts...

Multiple Choice

Which country has the highest GDP Per Capita?

• China

• South Korea

• North Korea

• US

Multiple Choice

Judging by Per Capita GDP and HDI, which two countries have the lowest standard of living?

• China and North Korea

• North Korea and South Korea

• Japan and China

• North Korea and South Korea

Multiple Choice

Based on the information in the table, which is a fair conclusion to draw?

• There is no relationship between HDI and Per Capita GDP.

• The higher the literacy rate of a nation, the higher the Per Capita GDP will be.

• There is a relationship between Per Capita and GDP and HDI.

• The exports of a country and its literacy rate are strongly connected.