PROJECT 4
Countries shown: Japan(large red), Morrocco(medium green), United Arab Emirates(small green), Mexico(medium yellow), Argentina(small yellow), Australia(medium red), Singapore(small red), United States(large yellow) www.bit.ly/2nILKQ3
Rostow's Human Development Index splits the development of countries into 5 stages. These stages are Traditional Society, Preconditions for Takeoff, Takeoff, Drive to Maturity, and Age of Mass Consumptions. The first stage, Traditional Society, is when a country is highly dependent on agriculture to maintain their economy, and most people are substance farmers or hunter-gatherers. In stage two, Preconditions for Takeoff, the agricultural economy becomes more mechanized and there is more international trade. This stage usually requires help from other countries to fund the mechanization or provide migrant workers. In the third stage, Takeoff, more people enter into secondary and tertiary sectors via manufacturing and farming loses importance, though it still will likely employ the majority of people. In stage four, Drive to Maturity, the economy diversifies and different industries are spread across the country. The government usually invests more in diversifying its economy. In the final stage, Age of Mass Consumption, most people have more money than they need to survive. Since people have extra money there is a higher demand for more consumer goods. There are also more government provided services.
The Human Development Index is run by the UN and gives every country a number based on how developed they are. The scale for undeveloped to developed goes from 0-1. The UN rates each country on 3 main factors: Standard of Living, Access to Knowledge, and Leading a Long and Healthy Life. Standard of Living is based measured by GDP per capita, Access to Knowledge is measured by the literacy rate and how many years of schooling the average person receives, and A Long and Healthy Life is measured by life expectancy at birth. The United States is currently tied with Canada for tenth place with a score of 0.920.
The Human Development Index is run by the UN and gives every country a number based on how developed they are. The scale for undeveloped to developed goes from 0-1. The UN rates each country on 3 main factors: Standard of Living, Access to Knowledge, and Leading a Long and Healthy Life. Standard of Living is based measured by GDP per capita, Access to Knowledge is measured by the literacy rate and how many years of schooling the average person receives, and A Long and Healthy Life is measured by life expectancy at birth. The United States is currently tied with Canada for tenth place with a score of 0.920.
To create this graph I went to gapminder.org and then the Gapminder World section. From there I clicked the 'Open Graph Menu' button and clicked on "Is Child Mortality Falling?.' I had to chose my countries by checking the boxes next to their names on the right side. The I turned the opacity of my non selected countries all the way down so that only the countries I checked were visible on the graph. Lastly, I hit the 'play' button.
The countries I chose do follow Rostow's model because as time goes on their child mortality rate drops and the average income increases. The only country that strays from the model is the United Arab Emirate, who had a leap in income in the 1970s, but are now back on track with the other countries.