The bar chart illustrates the average life expectancy of individuals in four distinct countries—namely, Japan, Korea, the USA, and Indonesia—in 2008, whereas the table provides statistics on the increases in life expectancy in those nations throughout a period of 55 years, commencing from 1953.
Overall, Japan had the lead in citizens’ life expectancy. In the meantime, the largest rise in life expectancy belonged to Indonesia.
Looking at the upper chart in more detail, people in Japan lived longer than those in other countries, approximately 83 years. Meanwhile, Korea was the second nation, logging longevity of nearly 80 years, followed closely by the USA’s figure, which was 77 years. Following the reversed pattern, individuals in Indonesia only resided up to 70 years, which made it the nation with the lowest life expectancy.
Regarding the information presented in the lower chart, Indonesia marked the largest upturn in average life span, around 15.7, whereas Korea ranked second with 12.5. By contrast, Japan and the USA registered the smallest increases, with just 3.5 and 3, respectively, which were about one-fifth of the figures for the two aforementioned countries.