AP COGO EXAM REVIEW

human development index

measures development/achievement of a nation’s quality of life based on the metrics of education, life expectancy, and income;

1 is perfect human development, 0 is no human development

gini index

score that displays income inequality within a country;

100 is perfect inequality, 0 is perfect equality

gdp

gross domestic product; measures the value of goods and services produced by a country;

the higher the more wealthy

freedom house score

measures a country’s political freedoms (out of 40) and civil liberties (out of 60) on a scale of 100

corruption perception index

created by transparency international; measures the extent to which a country’s citizens perceives their government to be corrupt;

100 means perfect noncorruption, 0 means perfect corruption

fragile states index

aka failed states index; measures a country’s level of social, economic, and political stability; takes into account poverty, corruption, inequality, strength of govt, natural disasters;

120 means most at risk of failing, 0 means least risk of failing