Human Development Index (HDI)

What is the Human Development Index?

• The health of an individual.

• A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

• The country a person lives in,

• The number of preventable diseases in a country.

Which one is NOT a factor when determining the HDI of a country?

• Education

• Health

• Income

• Miltary Size

What is the range of the Human Development Index?

• 0-1

• 0-100

• 50-99

• 99-100

The closer the HDI is to 0, the _____ developed the country is.

• less

• more

Japan has an HDI score of 0.884. The life expectancy is 79, literacy is 100%, and the income of an average family is $34,000. Japan would be classified as a less developed country.

• True

• False

Angola has a life expectancy age of 44, literacy (can read and write) is at 58% of the population and an average income of $4,941 a year. What type of country is Angola?

• Developed Country (Most developed)

• Developing Country (Middle)

• Less Developed Country (Least developed)

How do we determine if a country is less developed, developing or developed?

• Using the Human Development Index

• The size of the country's Government

• The amount of tourism the country has

GDP per capita is highest in

• South America
• East Asia
• North America
• Eastern Europe

Development is the process of change which affect's people's standard of living and _______________

Which one of these is an example of a developed country?

• China

• India

• Japan

• North America