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Q1(a) With reference to a table of HDI, GNI per capita and GDP per capita for Morocco and Pakistan (2021), identify which statement is correct.
Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14
Measures of development comes up in 11 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 25 marks between them. They run from 2017 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3, International A Level Unit 4, International A Level Unit 4A.
Tariffs run from 1 to 8 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (5), Explain (2), Calculate (MCQ) (2). Specification points covered: 4.3.1, 4.3.6.1.
Q1(a) With reference to a table of HDI, GNI per capita and GDP per capita for Morocco and Pakistan (2021), identify which statement is correct.
Q1(b) Using the data supplied, explain one weakness of GDP as a cross-country measure of living standards.
Q2(b) Examine two strengths of the Human Development Index (HDI) as a gauge of India's economic development.
Q1 Pick the change most likely behind India's stronger development since 2002 (internet reach, phone reach, conflict, life expectancy).
Q6 Deduce what can be said from 2022 HDI, schooling, life expectancy and income figures for Thailand and Malaysia.
Q5 Deduce what HDI, schooling, life expectancy and income data show about Chile and Uruguay.
Q5 Using a table of UK Gross National Income from 2018 to 2020, calculate the index number for 2020 with 2019 as the base year.
Q7(a) Given EU inflation of 1.6% in 2018 and Figure 1, calculate the EU's nominal GDP growth rate in 2018, showing workings.
Q6 Using a table of Sweden's GDP per capita from 2015 to 2017, calculate the index number for 2017 with 2016 as the base year.
Q5(a) Using a table of development data for India and Vietnam, identify which statement can be deduced.
Q5(b) Drawing on the data, explain two drawbacks of the HDI as a tool for comparing development across countries and years.
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