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Junior Cycle Geography: Economic development

How often Economic development comes up on the Geography papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Economic development, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Economic development.

(a)In a developing country, most people usually work in which sector?
  1. Secondary
  2. Primary
  3. Tertiary
(b)GNI per person is used to show?
  1. How much land a country has
  2. How many people live there
  3. How wealthy a country is
(c)Australia is south of the Equator. In development terms it belongs to the?
  1. Global North
  2. Developing world
  3. Global South
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(a) Primary

(b) How wealthy a country is

(c) Global North

Your turn: Common Level questions on Economic development.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q6B
2025Q4C
2024Not asked
2023Q6A
2022Q4B

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Economic development questions

Economic development, 3 marks

Which set of indicators suggests a DEVELOPING country?

  1. Low birth rate, high GNI, high literacy
  2. Long life expectancy, most in services
  3. High birth rate, low GNI, low literacy
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High birth rate, low GNI, low literacy

Developing countries tend to have high birth and infant death rates, low incomes, low literacy and most people in farming. Developed countries show the opposite.

Economic development, 3 marks

Workforce: 12% primary, 22% secondary, the rest tertiary. What % is tertiary?

  1. 56%
  2. 66%
  3. 34%
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66%

The three sectors add up to 100%: 100 − 12 − 22 = 66%. Most workers being in services is a sign of a developed economy.

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