What is development?

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- Development measures how socially, economically, culturally or technologically advanced a country is.

Development indicators: pieces of data that can be used to measure various aspects of a country's development.

GNP: Total income of a country including earning from abroad.

GDP: Total value of goods and services produced by a country per year.

GDP per capita: Indicates the average wealth of people in the country.

Life expectancy: Average age that you are expected to live till in an area or a country.

Infant Mortality rate: Number of babies who die before their first birthday.

% undernourished: percentage of people who do not have access to a balanced full diet.

- Composite indicators:

HDI - Human development index.

The HDI was created by the UN, it gives every country in the world a score from 0-1 countries with a score closer to 1 are the most developed, countries with a score closer to 0 are less developed. *It is measured by combining life expectancy, education and income*.