Economic Development Pre-Quiz

Economic Development Awareness Quiz

Test your knowledge about global economic development and the challenges that low-income and middle-income countries face today.

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by LearningTree372

In all low-income countries across the world today, how many girls finish primary school?

20%

40%

60%

Where does the majority of the world population live?

Low-income countries

Middle-income countries

High-income countries

In the last 20 years, the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty has...

Almost doubled

Remained more or less the same

Almost halved

There are 2 billion children in the world today. How many children will there be in 2100?

2 billion

3 billion

4 billion

The UN predicts that by 2100 the population will have increased by another 4 billion. Why?

There will be more children (below age 15)

There will be more adults (age 15 to 74)

There will be more very old people (age 75 and older)

How did the number of deaths per year from natural disasters change over the last 100 years?

More than doubled

Remained the same

Decreased to less than half

How many of the world's 1-year-old children today have been vaccinated against some disease?

20%

50%

80%

Adult men have spent 10 years in school on average. How many years have adult women spent?

9 years

6 years

3 years

In 1996, tigers, pandas, and black rhinos were endangered. Which are MORE endangered today?

Tigers and pandas

Pandas and rhinos

Pandas

None of them

Global climate experts believe that, over the next 100 years, the average temperature will...

Get warmer

Remain the same

Get colder