Ghana Flashcards
(30 cards)
What is Literacy rate?
-The number of adults who can read and write
-Social & economic
-Shows if people have access to a good education
What is a LIC?
-Less Industrialised Country / less income country
-A country with a GNI per capita of $1000 or less
Examples: chad , Ethiopia
What is infant mortality rate?
-the number of 0-1 year olds who die
-shows how medically developed the country is
-social
What is Gross Domestic Product?
-The selling price of goods made in the country
-Economic
What is MIC
-More industrialised country
-economic
What is HDI?
-Ranking a country based off life expectancy, education, living standard and other development factors
-social
What is access to safe water?
-Percentage of people whom have access to clean water
-shows how developed the sewage is
-social
What is life expectancy?
-The number of years you are EXPECTED to live
-Social
Children per woman
-Number of children born per women
-Social
-If a woman has many children it may 1 show lack of sexual/procreational awareness or education and 2 need services to support the children this costs money and therefore affects development
Calorie intake per capita?
-The calories (food energy) consu,ed per person
-Social
-Indicates if a country has access to food and water
What is the Birth rate?
-The number of babies per 1000 women per year
-Social
What is a HIC ?
-A high income country
-A country with a GNI per capita of $12000 or more
Examples : Germany , USA
What is the literacy rate in Ghana
79%
What is the GDP of Ghana ?
$2445
What is the GDP of the uk?
$40,284.64
What is the life expectancy in Ghana?
64-68 year
Average 65
What is the life expectancy in the Uk?
82 years
What is the birth rate per woman in Ghana?
3.696 births per woman
What is the birth rate per woman in the UK?
1.65 births per woman
What is Ghanas HDI out of 138?
138
What is Britain’s out of 138?
30
What are the factors affecting development?
Flooding
Terrain
Extreme climate
Tectonic hazards
Disease
Disease affecting development?
People are unable to work therefore are not making money while the country spends more money on disease
Flooding affecting development?
Crops are ruined meaning there’s less food supply which might cause people to migrate, have less trading crops and earn less money and also damage buildings