1. MDC, LDC, & HDI
More Developed Countries, Less Developed Countries, and Human Development Index

2. More Developed Country Less Developed Country
MDC versus LDC
More Developed Country
Less Developed Country
High Per Capita GDP
High Life Expectancy
High Literacy Rates
High Expected Years of Education
High % of Urban Population
Developed Infrastructure
Low Birth Rate
Low Death Rate
Stable Population Growth
Low Infant Mortality Rate
High HDI Ranking
Low Per Capita GDP
Low Life Expectancy
Low Literacy Rates
Low Expected Years of Education
High % of Rural Population
Little Developed Infrastructure
High Birth Rate
High Death Rate
Unstable Population Growth
High Infant Mortality Rate
Low HDI Ranking

3. If you sleep in a bed, put your food in a refrigerator, clothes in a closet, drive or walk to school on a paved road, get to see a doctor or a dentist, you live in a MDC

4. If you sleep on the floor, wonder where your next meal is coming from, have on your only set of clothing, walk 6 miles to the only school in your city, and have never seen a doctor or even heard of a dentist, you live in a LDC.

5. MDC

6. LDC

7. GDP G – Gross = Total D – Domestic = Inside a country’s borders
P – Product = Value of goods and services
GDP – Gross Domestic Product equals the total value of all goods and services produced inside a country’s borders. Used as an economic indicator. The higher the GDP the wealthier the country.

8. USA GDP
Malawi GDP
$ 14.1 trillion
$ 4.7 Billion

9. Per Capita GDP
Per Capita GDP is the GDP of a country divided by the total population. Gives a more accurate representation of the typical citizens way of life.

10. Per Capita GDP of Malawi
Per Capita GDP of USA
Per Capita GDP of Malawi
$ 46, 860
$ 821

11. Life Expectancy
Life Expectancy – The number of years a person is expected to live in a given country. The higher the life expectancy the more developed the country.
Life Expectancy in the USA is 78 years.
Life Expectancy in Uganda is 53 years.

12. Literacy Rate and Expected Years of Education
Literacy Rate – The % of adults that can read and write. High Literacy Rates are found in more developed countries.
Literacy Rate in the USA 99 %.
Literacy Rate in Mali 23.2 %.
Expected years of Education – Average number of years the typical citizen will spend in school. Higher number of years will be found in your MDCs.
Expected years in Australia 20.7 years
Expected years in Turkey 10.1 years

13. Infrastructure
Infrastructure – a system of roads, ports, and other facilities found in MDCs and necessary to have a modern economy.

14. Birth Rate & Death Rate
Birth Rate – number of births a year for every thousand people in a country.
Death Rate – number of deaths a year for every thousand people in a country.
Birth Rate is the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth.
High Birth Rates are found in LDCs.
USA Birth Rate 13.83
Afghanistan Birth Rate 38.37
Death Rate is a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, it accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth.
High Death Rates are found in LDCs.
Angola Death Rate 23.4
Canada Death Rate 7.98

15. Infant Mortality Rate
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) - the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. Higher IMRs are found in LDCs.
IMR in Afghanistan 149.2
IMR in Japan 2.78

16. What do these things have in common??

17. They are all rankings!
HDI – Human Development Index is a RANKING of the level of development of countries.

18. Key statistics used to determine HDI
The HDI uses all of the statistics we have talked about to rank countries level of development.
Key statistics used to determine HDI
Per Capita GDP
Expected Years of Education
Life Expectancy

19. highest HDI Rankings

20. Lowest HDI Ranking

21. MDC vs LDC put the following statistics in the correct category
High Life Expectancy Low Literacy Rate
Low IMR Low Birth Rate
High Urban Population Unstable Population Growth
High Death Rate Low HDI Rank High GDP
Low Death Rate High Birth Rate
High HDI Rank No Infrastructure
High Rural Population Stable Population Growth
Low GDP Low Per Capita GDP
Well Developed Infrastructure
High Literacy Rate Subsistence Based Economy
Low Expected Years of Education
Low Life Expectancy High Per Capita GDP
Free Market Economy High IMR