The line graph illustrates the price trends of bananas in four different countries over the period from 1994 to 2004.
Overall, the prices in Japan and France experienced notable fluctuations, whereas prices in Germany and the USA remained relatively stable.
Looking at the details of higher figures first, the most expensive price was recorded in 1995 in Japan, at approximately 2.85 dollars per kilogram. This figure then declined markedly, with a steep fall until 1996 to 2.00 dollars, followed by a much slower decline until 2001 to nearly 1.50 dollars per kilogram. Subsequently, the prices rose again to 2.55 dollars, keeping Japan the country with the highest banana prices throughout the period. In France, prices stayed unchanged until 1997 before experiencing noteworthy fluctuations, decreasing to one dollar and then increasing to 1.55 dollars.
Turning to the lower figures, the lowest price throughout the period was 0.70 dollars in the USA, which then continuously and marginally rose to 1.10 dollars. In Germany, the banana price per kilogram started at 1.40 dollars and, after small fluctuations, ended at 1.20 dollars.