https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5 New Zealand, Romania, Venezuela en-us 2023-01-12 20:00:23 UTC 2026-03-04 05:36:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f601.png thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442818380 New Zealand's biggest industry by far is the dairy industry that thrives in New Zealand. It is their biggest industry growing larger every year. Dairy easily brought New Zealand $18.6 billion dollars in 2021 alone. I would think this industry is a Bulk-gaining industry due to it's easily perishable nature it needs to be shipped quick. Plus dairy products do not lose much mass when being produced.

The dairy business absolutely prefers to be closer to the market due to the little time it has between being produced and being unusable. ]]> 2023-01-12 20:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442818380 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442819105 Through my research I found that New Zealand's HDI is most likely in the 0.9 - 0.95 range. I used multiple sources to determine this such as the New Zealand population pyramid, as you can see the country has a relatively slender base that keeps up all the way to the 65 range where it begins to shrink. To me this shows that the average life expectancy of New Zealand citizens is relatively high with a what I'd say an average birth rate. Another source I used was looking at New Zealand's education statistics. This showed me that around 45% of citizens from 25 - 34 had tertiary qualifications. As well as the Country has ranked top three in education between english speaking countries for two years in a row. All this shows me that New Zealand has good population growth that lives until old age as well as a very high education average which led me to my answer of 0.9 - 0.95 on the HDI scale.]]> 2023-01-12 20:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442819105 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442819493 To me out of my three countries New Zealand is the easiest to tell that it is an MDC based off of almost every factor. They have a low birth rate along with a low death rate. All their citizens live to fairly old age. As well as their higher education average being the best in the European Union itself. This pushes me to believe that their Gender gap is quite low with such a high education average and low birth rate. All these point to an incredible quality of living so I believe that New Zealand's place on the Gender Gap Index has to be some of the highest so my answer is 0.9. *Edit afterwards I underestimated how high 0.9 is the actual rank is 6 in the globe and their grade is 0.799*]]> 2023-01-12 20:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442819493 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442820507 Romania's biggest industry is its agriculture with about 29% of the countries labor being put into agriculture. Through my research on the countries agriculture I came to the conclusion that this is a Bulk-reducing export. I think this because the bulk in this scenario would be the labor and the different resources like manure which then are being used to create tinier product such as carrots. 

I believe that a business such as Romania's agriculture would be the type of business to prefer farther from the market where good cheap land and resources are, plus it is relatively easy to process and relocate the product.

]]> 2023-01-12 20:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442820507 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442820655 As the 25th largest producer of oil in the world Venezuela biggest industry is no doubt the petroleum business. It is their largest business by far dwarfing any other major export in their country. A business such as petroleum is more of a Bulk-reducing industry. I believe this due to the amount of labor and large machinery going into collecting the actual oil, then it is packed and shipped out.

A business such as this would benefit a lot more by being farther from the market, this is due to oil being very rare and in such high demand. With the demand outweighing the supply by so much the people who desire oil deal with the fact it is not near markets.]]> 2023-01-12 20:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442820655 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442821118 I thoroughly believe the HDI rank of Venezuela is between 0.6- 0.65. Compared to the other two countries Venezuela had the probably least developed looking population pyramid. This is due to the incredibly wide base showing they still have a large birth rate. Compared to the skinny top showing that they have a most likely larger death rate compared to New Zealand and Romania. Having a high death rate and high birth rate is a huge tell that the quality of living for the citizens in Venezuela is not preferable. Sadly Venezuela has little to show for in the education aspect, their countries best education percentage is that 95% of their citizens are literate. As well as 92% of the countries children being in primary school. This shows that currently it is hard to achieve higher education but the country is working towards being at a point where it is more attainable. This convinces me that the country has an HDI rank of around 0.6- 0.65.]]> 2023-01-12 20:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442821118 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442821674 Through my findings I have come to the conclusion that Romania has to be within 0.75 - 0.8. I believe this due to the relatively lower population pyramid having even skinnier base than New Zealand and skinnier top showing that they have a smaller birth rate and a bit higher death rate. This means that Romania is at least relative to New Zealand on the HDI graph. Adding on to the pyramid my research on their education statistics showed that they actually had the lowest higher education average in the European Union. At a whopping 40% average between 30-34 year old's which is not a very good percentage. Using the statistics relative to New Zealand I believe that Romania is somewhere between 0.75 - 0.8.]]> 2023-01-12 20:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442821674 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442824460 At this point it is fairly obvious Venezuela is a LDC and their weakest point is most likely education. Their population is literate but most don't have an education above primary school while another large amount don't even have that. Currently a very bad situation keeping their quality of living way down. This is probably much worse for women due to the low and far inbetween opportunities to achieve education the majority of the time Women would not be anywhere near first in line. This shows in their population pyramid with their incredibly high which is never a good sign, kind of just means in some case the women have less things do due besides give birth. So with all these things considered Venezuela is definitely ranking low in the Gender gap index around 0.6. *Edit afterwards they are rank 66 in the globe with a 0.714 rating*]]> 2023-01-12 20:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442824460 thezwizard123 https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442824725 Right off the bat I would say that Romania is a MDC for sure after looking at their birth rate being the incredibly. You can also see that their citizens are living for a longer time than most which is another good indicator of an MDC having better quality of living. Surprisingly they had a lot better higher education average than most. All these factors play into the gender gap in their country. With the statistics I know from my research on part 1 and 2 I would assume that their place on the Gender index is higher than most maybe with a ranking of 0.8. Just with the countries success in the other aspects I would assume an 0.8 is a relatively good estimate. *edit afterwards I was way off their global ranking is 55 with a 0.724 grade*]]> 2023-01-12 20:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/thezwizard123/7srdni9g0pb9jqg5/wish/2442824725