Developed and Developing Countries VA SOL objective – WG.8: The student will distinguish between developed and developing countries and relate the level of economic development to the standard of living and quality of life

Essential Understanding #1 Levels of economic development vary from country to country and from place to place within countries

Essential Understanding #2 Resources and technology influence economic development and quality of life

Differences between developed and developing countries 1) Access to natural resources 2) Access to capital resources

3) Numbers and skills of human resources 4) Levels of economic development

5) Standards of living and quality of life 6) Relationships between economic development and quality of life

Indicators of economic development 1) Urban/rural ratio

2) Labor force characteristics: - Primary sector - Secondary sector - Tertiary sector

3) GDP per capita GDP = Gross Domestic Product The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year, Per capita = per person

4) Educational achievement

Indicators of standards of living and quality of life 1) Population growth rate (natural increase) Highest: United Arab Emirates Lowest: Cook Islands 2) Population age distribution

3) Literacy rate

4) Life expectancy 5) Infant mortality Highest: Angola (180.21/1000) Highest: Macau (84.36 years) Lowest: Swaziland (31.88 years) United States: 78.11 years 5) Infant mortality Highest: Angola (180.21/1000) Lowest: Singapore (2.31/1000) United States: 6.26

6) Percentage of urban population Top 10 Urban Agglomerations in 2000: Tokyo, Japan Mexico City, Mexico New York-Newark, USA Sao Paolo, Brazil Bombay, India Shanghai, China Calcutta, India Delhi, India Buenos Aires, Argentina Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, USA