1. Comparing Quality of Life
Outcome 7.2

2. Quality of Life What is quality of life?
Do you have a better quality of life in Canada than a person in Afghanistan? Why?
Human Development Index (HDI)
Used to measure well being of people-especially children
Three major factors
Life expectancy
Literacy rates (levels of education)
Per capita gross domestic product (GDP)
Is this last one a real good indicator? Why?

3. Quality of Life
HDI is used to compare quality of life in 187 different countries
Canada ranked #1 from
By 2011 Canada ranked #6
Canadians can make a wide range of choices about their life
People in developing countries have few choices

4. Quality of Life Top Six Countries and Bottom Six Countries

5. Rich Countries Versus Poor Countries

6. Development Status of Countries
Rating of a country’s social systems
Education
Health care
Economic systems
Development status of a country can be classified in three main ways:
Developed
Developing
Newly industrialized
See figure 9.10 (p. 394)

8. Development Status of Countries
Activity:
Students are to create a foldable outlining the characteristics of a developed, developing, and newly industrialized country
Use the information