Measures of development

Explain how the data in Extract D (Figure 3) show how Ethiopia has developed at a faster rate than Japan since 2001.

Table 3 shows the value of the Human Development Index (HDI) for three countries in 2021 and figures from the index’s health and education dimensions.

It can be deduced from Table 3 that in 2021

To what extent, if at all, do the data suggest that the Sri Lankan economy is more economically developed than the economies of Bangladesh and Pakistan?

Table 6 shows the value of the UK’s Human Development Index (HDI) over the period 2015 to 2019.

All other things being equal, which one of the following is most likely to explain the trend shown in Table 6 ?

Table 1 contains data for GDP per capita and the Human Development Index (HDI) for four countries in a given year.

Which one of the following statements is most consistent with the data?

A country has a Human Development Index of 0.91. This country is most likely to