Development Indicators Chart

Indicator Advantages Disadvantages AssessmentNational Income (GDP/GNP)

Distribution of Income

Number of doctors per head of the population

Number of televisions per head of the population

Absolute Poverty

Relative Poverty

Literacy Rates

Disease Indicators – AIDs, malaria, etc.

Demographic Indicators – population growth, urban/rural population, mortality rates, life expectancy, etc.Human Development Index

Education – primary school enrolment, secondary school enrolment, proportion of the population attending

university, etc.