Question

Which statement BEST describes an economic reason why Israel has a 97.1% literacy rate compared to a literacy rate of 79.4% in Iran? A) Israel is smaller in size than Iran and can afford more teachers. B) Israel spends a smaller percentage of its GDP on education than Iran does. C) Israeli law calls for mandatory education up to age 18, while Iranian law does not. D) Israel spends approximately 10% of its GDP on education while Iran spends 4.6% of its GDP.

Answer 1

D) Israel spends approximately 10% of its GDP on education while Iran spends 4.6% of its GDP.

Israel spends 10% of its national GDP on education compared with the nation of Iran, where only 4.6% of the GDP is budgeted for schools. It is a logical conclusion that Israel would have higher literacy rates than the nation of Iran.