Social indicators are means used to designate countries as: Rich (developed), Developing (emerging economy) or Poor (underdeveloped). Thus, international organizations analyze countries according to:
• Life expectancy (It is the average years of life of a person in a given country).
• Mortality rate (Corresponds to the number of people who died during the year).
• Infant mortality rate (Corresponds to the number of children who die before completing 1 year).
• Illiteracy rate (Corresponds to the percentage of people who cannot read or write).
• Gross National Income (GNI) per capita, based on the purchasing power parity of the inhabitants.
• Health (Refers to the quality of health of the population).
• Food (Refers to the minimum food that a person needs, about 2,500 calories, and if this food is balanced).
• Medical-sanitary conditions (Access to sewage, treated water, paving, etc.)
• Quality of life and access to consumption (Corresponding to the number of cars, computers, televisions, cell phones, internet access, among others).
HDI (Human Development Index)
It was created by the UN (United Nations) to try to measure the economic degree and, mainly, how people are living in countries around the world.
The HDI assesses countries on a scale of 0 to 1. Index 1 was not reached by any country in the world, as such an index would mean that a certain country has a almost perfect reality, for example, a high per capita income, life expectancy of 90 years and so on. against.
It is also worth noting that there is no country in the world with an index of 0, because if that happened it would be the same to present, for example, 100% illiteracy rates and all other indicators at levels disastrous.
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Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Brazil School Team
General geography - geography - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
FRANCISCO, Wagner de Cerqueira e. "The Social Indicators"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/os-indicadores-sociais.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.
