Venezuela-Stephanie

Venezuela Female: 76.48years Total: 73.28years ||
 * **HDI Rank** || .792 ||
 * **GDP** || $186.3 billion ||
 * **Primary Sector Jobs** || Farmers, getting the oil, mining ||
 * **Secondary Sector Jobs** || Processing the oil, ||
 * **Tertiary Sector Jobs** || Radio broadcasts, Internet Service Providers, teachers ||
 * **Raw Materials** || Limestone, soy, sugarcane, ||
 * **Consumer Goods** || Oil, gin, vodka, liquor, stereos, videotape recorders, yoyos, hula hoops, marbles, and tops ||
 * **Education** || Children go through 9 years of elementary school then they undergo 2 to 3 years of secondary school. That is split into 2 levels, the 1st level is regular education then the 2nd level is just for the universities. ||
 * **Literacy** || 93% ||
 * **Life Expectancy** || Male: 70.24years
 * **Infant Mortality Rate** || 21.52 births/1000 population ||
 * **Natural Increase Rate** || 1.486% ||
 * **Crude Birth Rate** || 21.22 births/1000 population ||
 * **GDI Rank and Factors** || (114th in the world) less than 10% of the seats in congress are held by women/ adult woman’s literacy rate is 7.3% ||

Industry
 * **Types of Industries** || chocolate factories, Arms factories, flour factories, electrical engineering ||
 * **Site Factors** || cheap land, moderate wages, capital, somewhat skilled workers ||
 * **Situation Factors** || railways, airports, boats, waterways ||

Resources
 * **Types of Energy** || Wind turbine towers, gas/oil, fossil fuels, hydroelectric, nuclear energy ||
 * **Problems with Energy** || Many of the fuels and gases/oils pollute the air and water. The prices also keep going up. ||
 * **Pollution Issues** || Deforestation, oil pollution, industrial pollution, sewage ||
 * **What Venezuela is doing to stave off pollution** || They are trying to convince oil companies to keep an eye on everything that’s going on with the oil/ gas prices. ||

Comparisons

Russia is very different compared to Venezuela. Russia’s HDI rank is .802 which makes it a MDC unlike Venezuela which is an LDC. Russia’s literacy rate is 99.4 %. This means that they put a lot of their efforts towards education. Venezuela is also starting to put in some efforts towards education. The GDI rank of Russia is 59 because it is more focused on the equality of men and women. Unlike Venezuela who does not.

Chile is also different compared to Venezuela. The HDI rank of Chile is .867. This makes Chile a MDC because the HDI rank is high. Compared to Venezuela’s which is low. The education of Chile is similar to Venezuela. They both go to school the same amount of years. They also are both starting to focus more on the education. Compared to India, Venezuela is more developed. The HDI ranking of India is .619. This makes it a less developed country. Even though Venezuela is an LDC the rankings are still higher. India’s literacy rate is 61% which is low. While Venezuela’s literacy rate is much higher. This is because Venezuela is more focused on education than India is. Venezuela Has started to become a more developed country. Its HDI rank is .792. Which is better than what it was in 1997. It has started to gain more tertiary jobs than years before. Their education system has improved through the years so much. The literacy rate is now 93%. I believe this country will eventually become a MDC. I think this because I believe that the countries education system will improve even more. Which will allow there to be more people able to read and write. It will also enable the countries people to access more jobs.