Economic Development Vocabulary

% of people over the age of 15 that can read & write

• Physician Density

• GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

• Literacy Rate

Number of babies that die before 1st birthday (per 1000 births) in 1 year.

• Maternal Mortality Rate

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Life Expectancy

The average annual income of a worker in a country.

• Per Capital GDP

• GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

• Labor Force by Occupation

% of people in a country that can easily get clean, safe water that is protected from outside contamination.

• Access to Improved Drinking Water Source

• Labor Force by Occupation

• Access to Improved Sanitation Source

the annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy.

• Maternal Mortality Rate

• Physician Density

• Infant Mortality Rate

Average number of years that a newborn is expected to live in a certain country.

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Life Expectancy at Birth

• Literacy Rate

% of a country’s population that live in a city or town.

• School Life Expectancy

• Urban Population

• Literacy Rate

the total dollar value of all goods and services produced by a country in 1 year; you can think of it as the size of the economy.

• GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

• Child Labor

• Per capita GDP

The number of medical doctors per 1,000 people in a country.

• Maternal Mortality Rate

• Physicians Density

• Access to Improved Sanitation Facility

the number of years of schooling that a child can expect to receive in a country.

• School Life Expectancy

• Life Expectancy at Birth

• Literacy Rate