1. What are development
indicators and what do they tell
us?

2. Birth Rate
Death Rate
Adult Literacy
Number of people
per doctor
Life Expectancy
Food intake
Infant mortality
Number of people
with access to internet
Development Indicators
What does each picture represent?

3. High or Low?
Complete the table correctly
MEDC LEDC
Life Expectancy High Low
Gross Domestic Product per
person (GDP)
Number of people per doctor
Adult Literacy
Infant mortality
Birth Rate
Death rate
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4. Your turn
• Cut out the cards and then arrange them in
order of which you think tells us the most
about how developed a country is.
• In other words, have the factors that tell us
clearly how developed a country is at the top
and the less important ones at the bottom.
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5. Diamond Nine Ranking
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6. Development indicators
UK Ghana
GDP per capita (Person) $34,800 $2,500
Birth rate 12 per 1000 28 per 1000
Death Rate 9 per 1000 9 per 1000
Life Expectancy 80 61
Female Adult Literacy 99% 49%
Male Adult Literacy 99% 66%
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7. Development indicators
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8. Top Trumps for development
• In pairs, have a go at completing the
Development Top Trumps Cards.
1. Cut out the cards
2. …put ‘world fact book’ into google and click
on the top link.
3. Now click on each different country and
complete the data for that country.
4. Once all your cards are complete then you can
start playing Top Trumps with your group.
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9. Top Trumps
• Which were the best countries to have?
• Why???
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