Which statement BEST describes the relationship between these two factors of economic development in the Middle East?

A. There is no relationship between literacy rate and average income.
B. There is a direct relationship between literacy rate and average income.
C. There is an inversely correlated relationship between literacy rate and average income.
D. There is a strongly correlated relationship between a low literacy rate and high income.

B. There is a direct relationship between literacy rate and average income.