1.2 Measuring prosperity and quality of life

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1.2 Measuring prosperity and quality of life

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Two ways to measure prosperity

1. Gross national product per capita

2. Labor force

GNP/head

Everything earned in a year: number of inhabitants

Labor force

Residents who work for pay + unemployed people

Distribution of the labor force

How are working people distributed across the sectors:

- primary sector = agricultural sector

- secondary sector = industry sector

- tertiary sector = services sector

Primary sector

Primary sector: Work that focuses on growing products

Agriculture: keeping animals or growing crops for human use

• agriculture
• Cattle breeding
• Horticulture, gardening

Secundary sector

Secondary sector = industrial sector

Raw materials are processed into a product

(or semi-finished product)

Tertiairy sector

Companies engaged in the provision of services    -> service sector

For example, serving in the hospitality industry

What is the secundary sector?

1. Industry
2. Service
3. Agriculture
4. Commercial service

Which profession belongs with the quaternary sector?

1. Dairy farmer
2. Train operator
3. Geography teacher
4. Welder in steel factory

Which sector does this pig farmer belong to?

1. Primary
2. Secundary
3. Tertiairy
4. Quaternary

Primary sector

Secundary sector

Tertiairy sector

A way to measure well-being

1. Human Development Index (HDI)

(Life expectancy, purchasing power and literacy rate)

Living conditions of the inhabitants

1. Life expectancy

How old residents live on average.

(Hygiene, healthcare and food situation)

2. Purchasing power

What can you buy for 1 euro?

Compare prosperity between countries.

3. Literacy rate

How many residents over the age of 15 can read and write.

What is well-being?

1. That indicates whether someone is doing well.
2. Having enough money and being able to meet your needs well.

Prosperity is:

1. Income
2. Power
3. Happiness

The world is divided into three groups

1. Core

2. Semi-periphery

3. Periphery (developing countries)

Write down in your notebook the difference between developing countries and developed countries