Industries in LEDC’s

Learning Objectives:•To identify the differences between the employment structures of MEDC’s and LEDC’s• To explain the link between GDP and Primary sector employment

Country % Employed in Primary Sector

GNP per Capita (US$)

Japan 7 39,640

USA 3 26,980

Italy 9 19,020

UK 2 18,700

Malaysia 27 3,890

Brazil 23 3.640

Mexico 28 3,320

India 64 340

Kenya 80 280

Bangladesh 65 240

Ethiopia 86 100

Industries in LEDC’s

• TITLE: Is there a link between GDP & Primary Sector Employment

• Write a hypothesis: As GDP increases ……….• Using the data construct a scatter graph to see

if there is a relationship between GDP & Primary sector employment.

Industries in LEDC’s

Industries in LEDC’s

Important things a scatter graph must have:

• been drawn with a ruler

• labeled axis

• Title

•Key

StarterCountry Primary Secondary Tertiary

UK 2% ??? 70%

USA ??? 26% 68%

Mexico 28% ??? 48%

Malaysia ??? 24% 50%

Kenya 75% ??? 12%

Ethiopia 85% 2% ???

Scatter graph to show the relationship between employment in agriculture against country’s wealth in South America.

Describing graphs:

1.Purpose of the graph

2.Overall trend

3.Anomalies/

Freaks

4.Specific Data

The LEDC’s share of world manufacturing has increased, even though the concentration in MEDC’s, where only one quarter of the world’s people live, remains overwhelming. The LEDC’s share is predicted to increase further. Some of this industrial growth has been associated with investment by transnational corporations.

1. Farming is very important because people often grow the food they eat.

2. Machinery has taken over jobs in the primary sector. Also, primary resources have become exhausted (e.g. coal). The number of people employed in the secondary sector is falling. This is because fewer people are needed to work in factories as robots are taking over jobs.

3. While it is developing its economic base there are still a large number of people employed in primary industries such as farming. Tourism provides a growing number of tertiary jobs.

Which statement applies to which graph?