Economic development — IGCSE Geography (0460) questions by topic
Reading tourist-number graphs for Boston, comparing literacy rates by age group on two maps, calculating water-use percentages across Malawi, the USA and the UK, and defining renewable energy anchor this economic-development page's 15 questions, drawn from 2023 to 2025 papers and worth between 8 and 30 marks. Explain, suggest, state, identify and describe move you from reading a figure off a graph to reasoning about development contrasts.
Because these questions often compare an LEDC against MEDCs using the same data set, submit your comparative answers for instant marking to check whether the scheme rewards a direct, figure-based comparison over separate, unlinked descriptions.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Study Fig. 5.1, a graph showing the number of international tourists visiting Boston in the USA between 2009 and 2022. How many international tourists visited Boston in 2009?…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 6.1, a graph showing information about the percentage of people using different methods of water supply in three settlements in Botswana, an LEDC in Africa. What…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 12
Study Fig. 5.1, graphs showing the use of water for different purposes in Malawi, the USA and the UK. Malawi is an LEDC. The USA and the UK are MEDCs. What percentage of water was…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 6.1, a graph showing information about the employment structure of selected countries. Give one example of employment in primary industry.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 13
Study Fig. 6.1, a graph showing the use of water for different purposes in selected countries. What percentage of water was used for domestic purposes in Canada?…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 21
Fig. 4.1 shows the employment structure of three countries in 2019. What percentage of Mexico's employment was in the tertiary industry? ............................ %
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 22
Fig. 2.1 shows the development of a tourist resort in the UK between 1800 and 2000. How many tourists visited the resort at its peak in 1955? ........................ million
Answer this question and get it marked →Figs. 3.1 and 3.2 (Insert) show agricultural areas in a tropical country. Using Fig. 3.1, give four pieces of evidence which suggest this is a commercial farm.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 23
What is meant by the term renewable energy?
Answer this question and get it marked →February–March 2023, Paper 12
Study Fig. 6.1, which shows some information about the production of one cotton T-shirt. Name one example of a fossil fuel.
Answer this question and get it marked →February–March 2023, Paper 22
Study Fig. 6.1, which shows the employment structures in France (an MEDC) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (an LEDC) in 2019. What percentage of the Democratic Republic of…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
Study Fig. 6.1, which shows the employment structure of Italy (an MEDC) and Nigeria (an LEDC) in 1990 and 2020. What percentage of the working population was employed in industry…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 21
Study Fig. 6.1, which shows a map of tourist attractions on the island of Jamaica. Which part of Jamaica has the most tourist attractions? Circle your answer. north north-west…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Study Figs. 5.1 and 5.2 (Insert), maps showing the literacy rate for two different age groups. Fig. 5.1 shows the literacy rate for people aged 15 to 24 years. Fig. 5.2 shows the…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 42
Students who live in the Peak District, a rural area in northern England, did some fieldwork about the impacts of a quarry in the local area. The quarry is shown at X in Fig. 2.1…
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