The bar chart illustrates changes in the amount of annual rice production, measured in million tonnes (m t), at five-year intervals from 2005 to 2015 between four countries—A, B, C, and D.
Overall, the yearly rice output of all four countries adhered to a similar trend, with them increasing over half a decade at the end of the period, albeit the other two countries—B and C—experienced a decrease at that time. It is also clear that while the production was highest in country A in all three years, country D showed a reverse of it.
Both countries A’s and D’ annual rice yields rose at the end of the period. While that of the former started at 45 m t in 2005, a figure that then surged gradually to about 47 m t five years later, it peaked high on the chart, reaching 50 m t in the end. That of the latter remained stable at around 3 m t—unlikely in country A—in the first two years (2005 and 2010), after which it grew to 5 m t, which is five times less than the highest figure. The other two countries’ rice crops—B and C—experienced a decline by 2015. Starting with approximately 26 and exactly 5 mt, their total rice harvest per annum went up to around 43 and 7 mt, respectively. After which their indicators fell to about 36 and 6, respectively, which means that the former is almost 6 times greater than the figures of the latter.