Answer the questions based on the trends lines from the following graphs. Note: Left side of X axis represents countries that are “poor” and right side of X axis represents countries that are “rich”, for each region. GDP is based on purchasing power parity (PPP). These are World Bank (WB) estimates.
We have to mark the option which displays an ascending order of democratic regions for the poor.
From the charts, we can see that the lowest value is displayed by C & E Europe (<5).
Option D has C & E Europe as the first name, so it could be the answer. Checking the remaining regions in option D, we get Africa (approx. 10), South America (14), Western Europe (19.99) and Scandinavia (20).
Thus, the order should be C&E Europe, Africa, South America, Western Europe and Scandinavia.
We have to find the region with the highest disparity in democratic participation between rich and poor. We can check this by calculating the difference between the highest and lowest values from the chart.
North America = 20 - 18 = 2
C&E Europe = 20 - 5 = 15
Africa = 11 - 10 = 1
South America = 20 - 14 = 6
Western Europe = 19.95 - 19.85 = 0.1
Thus, C&E Europe has the highest disparity between the rich and the poor.
