Question

Country A Country B Country C
GDP PPP $345.2 billion $354.7 billion $618 million
Population 27,635,743 9,088,728 100,743
Size 912,050 sq km 450,295 sq km 811 sq km
Terrain mountains, lowlands, and plains mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands, mountains in west mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
Natural Resources petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, Toastnic, feldspar, timber, hydropower phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
Transportation 806 km railways 96,155 km roadways 7,100 km waterways* 11,633 km railways 572,900 km roadways 2,052 km waterways* 0 railways 670 km roadways 5 km waterways*
Communication 6.867 million landlines 28.124 million mobile 8.918 million internet users 5.146 million landlines 11.426 million mobile 8.398 million internet users 4,000 landlines 1,000 mobile 7,800 internet users
Schooling 14 years 16 years 12 years
Life Expectancy 73.93 years 81.07 years 64.39 years

Write a paragraph that describes each country's level of development and explain what data helped you arrive at your analysis.

Answer 1

Country A Country B Country C
GDP PPP $345.2 billion $354.7 billion $618 million
Population 27,635,743 9,088,728 100,743
Size 912,050 sq km 450,295 sq km 811 sq km
Terrain mountains, lowlands, and plains mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands, mountains in west mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
Natural Resources petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, Toastnic, feldspar, timber, hydropower phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)
Transportation 806 km railways 96,155 km roadways 7,100 km waterways* 11,633 km railways 572,900 km roadways 2,052 km waterways* 0 railways 670 km roadways 5 km waterways*
Communication 6.867 million landlines 28.124 million mobile 8.918 million internet users 5.146 million landlines 11.426 million mobile 8.398 million internet users 4,000 landlines 1,000 mobile 7,800 internet users
Schooling 14 years 16 years 12 years
Life Expectancy 73.93 years 81.07 years 64.39 years

Answer 2

Now that screenshot allows me to process the information much better so thank you for that :)

Your question/prompt asks you to describe the level of development of the countries

Is there anything in your lessons about that?

Answer 3

You'll definitely be comparing the GDP PPP column. Take a look at their populations as well when you take it into consideration.

I also found this which talks about the different types of development
https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2013/Development%20&%20Globalisation/Background/Types%20of%20development.htm

Answer 4

It has something on regional patterns, Gross Domestic product, Gross national income, human development index, and other stuff

Answer 5

Oh that should be useful

Answer 6

Life expectancy is listed on that website and is also part of the human development index

And if you think about it, it does say a lot about the quality of healthcare and whatnot so you can compare that as well among these three countries

Answer 7

This also has some good information:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zvp39j6/revision/1

For example, quoting from that website:
`Some pieces of data do not help to measure development. For example the size of a country is not very helpful because some large countries are very poorly developed while other large countries are very advanced.`

This one has some more good info
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z838xsg/revision/1

Answer 8

Whats a big country with a small population?

Answer 9

The size, terrain, and natural resources can all influence the development of a country. (Imagine if you're a tiny island, what could you possibly export and how large would your economy be based off of that?)

So those can influence it but the real marker for how developed the country is the GDP (and remember you have to use it in conjunction with their population) as well as the life expectancy.

A country with 100 people that has a GDP of $10,000,000 is not the same as a country with 100,000 people with the same GDP

But the transportation and communication do tell us how advanced they are as well like country C has 1000 mobile for a population of 100,000 while country B has 11.426 million for a population of 9.088 million

Answer 10

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Whats a big country with a small population?
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I don't know if there's a term for it but I don't think that's relevant

Answer 11

Oh I was just making an example in the parapgraph

Answer 12

Paragraph*

Answer 13

OHH you meant a country as an example

Canada could work for that I guess especially if you're talking about a developed country

Answer 14

Ok then

Answer 15

Country C sounds like an island

Answer 16

mhmm, it is

it has low-lying corals surrounded by reefs

Answer 17

That'll have an impact on economy because they have to get there resources shipped right?

Answer 18

Uhh I don't know what you mean by impact but yeah whatever they don't have, they'd need to get shipped

But you don't have to dwell into that as much since we really just need to use the information they gave us to come to conclusions

Answer 19

Oh, right