Use the following data to answer the next question:

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## GDP Growth $\%(2017)$: Antigua and Barbuda$=3\mathrm{.}03$; Chad$=-2\mathrm{.}99$; Iraq$=-1\mathrm{.}67$; Lithuania$=4\mathrm{.}14$; Lithuania$=4\mathrm{.}14$; Micronesia$=3\mathrm{.}2$; Namibia$=-0\mathrm{.}87$; Saudi Arabia$=-0\mathrm{.}74$

## GNI at PPP $(2017)($Billions US$$)$: Antigua and Barbuda$=2\mathrm{.}2$; Chad$=28\mathrm{.}6$; Iraq$=646\mathrm{.}6$; Lithuania$=90\mathrm{.}3$; Lithuania$=90\mathrm{.}3$; Micronesia$=0\mathrm{.}5$; Namibia$=25\mathrm{.}9$; Saudi Arabia$=1804\mathrm{.}8$

## GNI per capita at PPP $(2017)($US$$)$: Antigua and Barbuda$=23490$; Chad$=1900$; Iraq$=17220$; Lithuania$=31920$; Lithuania$=31920$; Micronesia$=4070$; Namibia$=10800$; Saudi Arabia$=54530$

## GNI per capita at PPP $\%$ variation between $2010-2017$:

Antigua and Barbuda$=19\mathrm{.}4\%$; Chad$=5\mathrm{.}0\%$; Iraq$=32\mathrm{.}2\%$; Lithuania$=61\mathrm{.}9\%$; Lithuania$=61\mathrm{.}9\%$; Micronesia$=20\mathrm{.}8\%$; Namibia$=32\mathrm{.}2\%$; Saudi Arabia$=20\mathrm{.}9\%$

## UN's $2017$ HDI Index: Antigua and Barbuda$=0\mathrm{.}78$; Chad$=0\mathrm{.}404$; Iraq$=0\mathrm{.}685$; Lithuania$=0\mathrm{.}858$; Lithuania$=0\mathrm{.}858$; Micronesia$=0\mathrm{.}627$; Namibia$=0\mathrm{.}647$; Saudi Arabia$=0\mathrm{.}853$

## UN's $2017$ HDI Index $\%$ variation between $2010-2017$: Antigua and Barbuda$=1\mathrm{.}4\%$; Chad$=3\mathrm{.}3\%$; Iraq$=3\mathrm{.}6\%$; Lithuania$=3\mathrm{.}4\%$; Lithuania$=3\mathrm{.}4\%$; Micronesia$=1\mathrm{.}9\%$; Namibia$=5\mathrm{.}3\%$; Saudi Arabia$=4\mathrm{.}5\%$

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You were hired in $2019$ by an NGO $($non$-$governmental organization$)$ that needed to choose a country to enter to benchmark best practices in terms of a country's improvement of household purchasing power. Their major criterion was the extend the target country had improved in terms of household consumption power in the previous decade or so$.$ The higher such percentage improvement, the better the country would be as a target. According to the data provided, and assuming the listed variables is all the information you have, the chances of your NGO selecting $\_\_\_\_\_\_$ were MUCH HIGHER than it selecting $\_\_\_\_\_$:

Group of answer choices

Chad; Antigua and Barbuda

Saudi Arabia; Lithuania

Micronesia; Namibia

Lithuania; Iraq