The bar chart illustrates the data regarding life expectancy of individuals in Japan, the United States, Korea, and Indonesia in 2008, while the table illustrates the increases in life expectancy in these countries from 1953 to 2008. Overall, although people in Japan had the highest life expectancy, Indonesia and Korea saw the biggest increases in life expectancy over the period in question.
Focusing firstly on the chart, Japan led the pack with a whopping 85.3 years of life expectancy. Following closely behind were Korea and the U.S.A., with respective figures of 79.5 and 76.5 years. Notably, Indonesia came last with around 70 years of life expectancy.
Turning to the table, the life expectancy of individuals in Indonesia increased significantly by 15.7%, marking the biggest growth. Korea followed with a 12.5% increase in life expectancy. Lastly, the life expectancies in the United States and Japan rose by almost the same percentages, the former growing by 3%, while the latter climbed by 3.5%
