The given bar chart illustrates the calorie intake in selected countries in 1975 and 2000.
Overall, there is a noticeable increase in every single country over the 25-year period. Moreover, China and Brazil were the two countries that consumed the most calories, while Bangladesh remained at the bottom by the end of 2000.
First of all, China and Indonesia experienced a significant boost in consumption of calories, almost 1000 calories. Both countries used up around 2000 or fewer calories in 1975. The data later escalated to 3000 estimated calories by 2000. Meanwhile, Brazil, Nigeria, and India had an increase in calories of about 500.
By contrast, Pakistan and Bangladesh underwent little change in calorie intake between these two specific years. Both countries’ calorie consumption went up approximately 200 calories. In 1975, Bangladesh had a calorie consumption of about 1900 calories, which then increased to only around 2200 calories. Thus, the narrowest gap, about 300, was seen in Bangladesh.
