Development Indicators

Japan Haiti Vietnam USA

GDP per capita

life expectancy

infant mortality rate per 1000 births (health)

Medical doctors per 1000 people

(health economics)

Mean years of school women 24-34 (education)

Human Development Index (Society)

Industry workers (% of labour)

(Work→ employment by sector)

Extreme poverty (% below $1.25 a day)

(Economy → poverty and inequality)

Cell phones per 100 people

(infrastructure → communication)

Personal computers per 100 people

(infrastructure → communication)

Roads paved % total

(infrastructure → traffic)

Population, total

Population density per square km

Questions:
 1. Looking at the data, how would you rank the 5 countries in terms of development? Explain your choice.
1: ______________ because _______________________________________________________________
2: ______________ because _______________________________________________________________
3. ______________ because _______________________________________________________________
4. ______________ because _______________________________________________________________
5. ______________ because _______________________________________________________________

2. Looking at the above statistics, which surprised you the most? Explain.

3. Which country would you most like to live in? Explain.

4. Which 2 indicators do you think have a strong relationship (one affects the other). Explain your answer.

5. From the above list, choose 3 indicators and explain how they are connected to a country being able to prepare for and respond to a
natural disaster.