Social causes of global (under)development

Question 1

What is the average life expectancy in the UK?

Answer 1

80.9

Question 2

What is the average life expectancy in Nigeria?

Answer 2

52.89

Question 3

What is the average life expectancy in Sierra Leone?

Answer 3

59.7

Question 4

The UK spend roughly £110 billion on health care (roughly 10%) compared to what % in countries like Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria.

Answer 4

4%-6%

Question 5

Individuals in urban areas are more likely to have better access to health care than rural areas?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What causes a lack of hygiene in many rural areas?

Answer 6

Lack of access and proper sanitation.

Question 7

As of 2022 it is estimated that how many individuals live with HIV/AIDS?

Answer 7

39 million

Question 8

Roughly how many of HIV/AIDS infections are in Africa?

Answer 8

Roughly two-thirds (25 million)

Question 9

What is the age range most hard hit by HIV/AIDS?

Answer 9

15-49

Question 10

Why is the fact that 15-49 year olds are the age range detrimental to development?

Answer 10

This is the prime working age which means that there may be mass unemployment and a lack of taxes being raised.

Question 11

It is estimated that HIV/AIDS reduces average economic growth by how much?

Answer 11

2-4%

Question 12

Which African country has the largest infection rate for HIV/AIDS.

Answer 12

South Africa

Question 13

Roughly how many individuals are affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa?

Answer 13

7.1 million

Question 14

Nigeria has the second largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS - this equates to how much?

Answer 14

3.2 million

Question 15

According to UNICEF, how many children in Nigeria have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS?

Answer 15

1 million

Question 16

WHO estimates that there are how many cases of Malaria globally?

Answer 16

216 million

Question 17

When looking at Malaria in Africa, it accounts for how many cases and how many malaria related deaths?

Answer 17

90% and 91%

Question 18

WHO estimates that a child under the age of 5 dies from malaria every 2 minutes?

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The Centre for Disease and Control (CDC) estimates that it costs developing countries how much a year tackling malaria?

Answer 19

$12 billion

Question 20

It can be argued that a society without a good standard of education can become a breeding ground for intolerance and violence?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

In the UK, on average, someone will be in education for 13 years compared to how many in Africa?

Answer 21

5

Question 22

When looking at nations affected by developmental issues, there is often a lack of quality education due to underfunding, under sourcing and understaffing?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

According to UNICEF, in Malawi, in grade 1 classrooms how many pupils are there per teacher?

Answer 23

130

Question 24

How many children are missing from education in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Answer 24

35 million

Question 25

What is it known as when qualified/skilled individuals emigrate from developing nations to find employment elsewhere and a better standard of living?

Answer 25

The Brain Drain

Question 26

In Kenya how many trained doctors leave the region to find employment elsewhere?

Answer 26

30-40%

Question 27

19% of all boys in Sub-Saharan Africa are missing from school in comparison to how many girls?

Answer 27

23%

Question 28

The World Bank estimates that not educating girls in developing nations costs these nations how much?

Answer 28

$15-30 trillion.

Question 29

Female attendance increased by 20% in Burkina Faso as a result of what?

Answer 29

A programme targeting communities with low enrolment rates by offering mentoring, daily meals and take home food rations.

Question 30

According to the World Bank what % of adults are literate and numerate in Pakistan?

Answer 30

58%

Question 31

Since the takeover of
Afghanistan by the Taliban
in August 2021, women
have been wholly excluded
from public office and the
judiciary?

Answer 31

True

Question 32

It is estimated that as of 2023, _____% of Pakistan’s population live in poverty

Answer 32

39.4

Question 33

According to the UN ____ in 10 children in the least developed countries go to pre-primary education.

Answer 33

4

Question 34

______ of developing countries do not have an equal number of boys and girls in school.

Answer 34

1/3rd

Question 35

Globally HIV is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide?

Answer 35

True

Question 36

The maternal mortality rate is how many times higher in developing nations according to the UN?

Answer 36

14

Question 37

According to WHO, roughly ____ in 25 adults have HIV/AIDS

Answer 37

1 in 25