Development key terms

Question	Answer
Development	The improvement in living standards over time
Development indicator	A measure of an aspect of development e.g. wealth
GDP per capita	The average income per person in a country
Birth rate	Number of births in a population per 1000 people per year
Death rate	Number of deaths in a population per 1000 people per year
Infant mortality rate	Number /1000 live births of children who die before the age of 1
Life expectancy	How long a person can be expected to live for
Literacy rate	The percentage of the adult population that can read and write
% Access to water	The percentage of the population with access to clean water
Doctors per 100,000 population	Number of doctors for each 100,000 people
HIC	High Income Country e.g. UK
LIC	Low income country e.g. Zimbabwe
NEE	Newly Emerging Economy e.g. India

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