Employment Structures In MEDCs and LEDCs

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Employment Structures In MEDCs and LEDCs
The Brandt Line
North and South MEDCs are countries which have a
high standard of living and (usually) a large
GDP. LEDCs are countries with a low standard of
living and (usually) a much lower GDP. The map
shows the locations of most LEDCs and MEDCs.
Notice how most of the southern hemisphere is
less developed, while most countries of the
northern hemisphere are more developed.
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Malaysia an NIC (Newly Industrialised Country)
By 1995 was an NIC
1970 was an LEDC
What has changed in terms of the Employment
Structure?
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Employment Structures in different countries
can be graphed in various ways
Which statement applies to which graph? Farming
is very important because people often grow the
food they eat. 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. 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.
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Graph and describe employment structures for 3
different types of country.Fill in the gaps and
then Draw divided bar charts.
Country Primary Secondary Tertiary
UK 2 ??? 70
USA ??? 26 68
Mexico 28 ??? 48
Malaysia ??? 24 50
Kenya 75 ??? 12
Ethiopia 85 2 ???