GDP - The total value of goods and services produced by a country., GDP per capita - The total value of goods and services produced by a country divided by its population., Literacy rate - The percentage of adults over the age of 15 who can read and write, Birth rate - The number of births in a country in a year per 1000, Death rate - The number of deaths in a country in a year per 1000, Contraception - Family planning methods that are designed to reduce birth rates., Life expectancy - The average age (in years) that a person is expected to live., Physician density - The number of doctors per 1000., Access to clean water - A measure of people's access to clean water sources., Access to sanitation - A measure of people's access to toilets, baths and showers., Typhoid and cholera - Water-borne diseases which indicate access to clean water., HDI - A development indicator that combines education, GDP per capita and life expectancy., North-south divide - A form of mapping development that separates MEDCs from LEDCs., HIC - High income countries (richer countries) such as Germany, Norway and Japan., LIC - Low income countries (poorer countries) such as Somalia, Niger and Chad., NEE - Newly emerging economies such as China, Brazil and India., Infant mortality - The number of children below the age of 1 who die in a country in a year per 1000., Daily calorie consumption - A measure of the amount of food within a country., Primary industry - A type of employment structure that involves use of the land e.g. farming and fishing., Secondary industry - A type of employment structure that involves manufacturing., Tertiary industry - A type of employment structure that involves the provision of a service e.g. lawyer or shop worker., Quaternary industry - A type of employment structure that involves research and development e.g. of pharmaceutical drugs.,

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