The United Nations calculates a country's level of development using a scale called the Human Development Index (HDI). The factors in the U. N. calculation include per capita GDP, as well as life expectancy, adult literacy rate, and school enrollment rate.

Two countries shown in the chart ranked higher in overall development than the United States did. The United States had a higher per capita GDP than these countries. What factors accounted for the higher rankings of these countries?

Question 9 options:

Iceland had the highest rankings in all factors except per capita GDP.

Both countries had higher life expectancy; Iceland had higher school enrollment.

Per capita GDP is a less accurate measure of development than GDP.

Japan's life expectancy and school enrollment were the highest listed.

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Heaven Rice

31 January, 14:25

The United Nations calculates a country's level of development using a scale called the Human Development Index (HDI). The factors in the U. N. calculation include per capita GDP, as well as life expectancy, adult literacy rate, and school enrollment rate.

Two countries shown in the chart ranked higher in overall development than the United States did. The United States had a higher per capita GDP than these countries. What factors accounted for the higher rankings of these countries?

Question 9 options:

Iceland had the highest rankings in all factors except per capita GDP.

Both countries had higher life expectancy; Iceland had higher school enrollment.

Per capita GDP is a less accurate measure of development than GDP.

Japan's life expectancy and school enrollment were the highest listed.

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Harold Lozano · Answer 1

Both countries had higher life expectancy; Iceland had higher school enrollment.

You see, having a higher per capita GDP doesn't make the country more developed, per say. Rich people have more money than poor people. Yet, both can afford to study and have a nice life, because the country provides such matters.

The economic issue is that if ten people are richer than a thousand people in the same country, the per capita GDP in HDI will evaluate the rich ones, sharing the money at the statistics, but not in reality. It's not the money you have, but the quality of products offered for you to expend it the most profitable way.