Levels of Development
The Human Development Index (HDI) was developed in 1990 by the United Nations as a tool to rank countries based on their level of economic development. This tool takes demographic, social, political, and economic indicators to determine a nation's ranking.
For today's activity, we will be looking at the following indicators:
Demographic Economic Social
Birth Rates Annual Income per Person Literacy Rate
Death Rates
Life Expectancy
For today's activity, we will be looking at the following indicators:
Demographic Economic Social
Birth Rates Annual Income per Person Literacy Rate
Death Rates
Life Expectancy
Depending on their indicators, nations are classified into three categories:
Developed- countries with a combined long life expectancy, higher education, higher income, and advanced technology/medicines available for all citizens. Ex: United States, England
Developing- Countries that have recently become industrialized, a climbing life expectancy, and increasing education and technology/medicines for most citizens. Ex: Mexico, Philippines
Under Developed- Countries that have the lowest life expectancies, highest birth rates, and almost no widespread education or technology/medicine for their citizens. Ex: Honduras, Chad, Bhutan
Developed- countries with a combined long life expectancy, higher education, higher income, and advanced technology/medicines available for all citizens. Ex: United States, England
Developing- Countries that have recently become industrialized, a climbing life expectancy, and increasing education and technology/medicines for most citizens. Ex: Mexico, Philippines
Under Developed- Countries that have the lowest life expectancies, highest birth rates, and almost no widespread education or technology/medicine for their citizens. Ex: Honduras, Chad, Bhutan
Levels of Development By Country
United States
- - 323, 995, 528 as of 2016
- - The United States covers an area of 9,833,517 sq miles
- - The U.S. has a literacy rate of 85% (2006)
- - The United States' birth rate per 1000 people is 12.5, and the death rate is 8 per 1000 people
- - The life expectancy in the U.S. is 79.8 years
- - The United States' population is 82% urban and 18% rural
- - The annual income per person in the United States is $26,964
Mexico
- Mexico's population is 123,166, 749 (2010 est.)
- Mexico covers an area of 1, 964, 375 sq km
- Mexico has a literacy rate of 94% (2013 estimate)
- Mexico's birth rate per 1000 people is 18.5; the death rate is 8.3 per 1000 people
- The life expectancy in Mexico is 75.9 years
- Mexico's population is 79.2% urban and 20.8% rural
- Mexico's annual income per person is $12,806
Haiti
- - Haiti’s population is 6,731,000
- - Haiti covers an area of 10,714 square miles in the Caribbean Sea
- - Haiti has a literacy rate of 35%, and declining
- - Haiti’s birth rate per 1,000 people is 26.1, Death rate is 7.9 per 1,000 people
- - The life expectancy in Haiti is 61.7 years (voodoo is widely practiced for medicinal purposes)
- - Haiti’s population is 31% urban (17% living in slum cities) and 69% rural
- - Haiti’s annual income per person is $100 for all
France
- France's population is 66, 836, 154 people
- France covers an area of 643,801 km
- France has a literacy rate of 99%
- France's birth rate per 1000 people is 12.3; the death rate is 9.3
- The life expectancy in France is 81.8 years
- France's population is 79.5% urban and 20.5% rural
- The annual income per person in France is $34,375
Afghanistan
- - Afghanistan's population is 33,332,025
- - Afghanistan covers an area of 652.230 sq km
- - Afghanistan has a literacy rate of 86.3%
- - Afghanistan's birth rate per 1000 people is 38.3; the death rate is 13.7 per 1000 people
- - The life expectancy in Afghanistan is 51.3 years
- - Afghanistan's population is 26.7% urban and 73.3% rural
- - Afghanistan's annual income per person is $410
China
- China's population is 1,373,541,278 people
- China covers an area of 9, 596,960 sq km
- China has a literacy rate of 96.4%
- China's birth rate per 1000 people is 12.4; the death rate is 7.7
- The life expectancy in China is 75.5 years
- China's population is 55.6% urban and 44.4% rural
- The annual income per person in China is $4,755