Band 6+: The chart below gives information about the average annual pay of doctors and other workers in seven different countries in 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The bar chart compares the data of how doctors and other workers are paid annually on average in seven different countries — France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, and the USA—in 2004.

Overall, physicians had relatively higher salaries, especially in the USA. Other workers were paid comparably lower in Czech Republic, and of more particular note is that workers in Italy, Germany, and Finland received similar salaries.

In terms of healthcare professionals, their annual pay was considerably high in The USA and France, representing 120 and 80 respectively. This was followed by Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, and figures showed around 60 in all these countries. Doctors were least paid in Finland and Czech Republic regarding the trend with 55 and 40.

Focusing on other workers, Czech Republic was again at the bottom of the high-paid countries’ order, showing 15. Notably, Switzerland held the leading place with 40, while the rest of the countries accounted for the same 20, except for France with slightly higher of 25.