The line graph illustrates the prices of bananas from 1994 to 2004 in four nations.
Overall, it is noteworthy that while the US and Japan recorded an increased trend the other saw an opposite pattern. Significantly, the price of bananas in Japan remained the highest throughout most of the period.
Regarding where banana prices are above $1,5, in 1994 Japanese had to spend around $2 for a kilo of bananas, and only a year later, the price skyrocketed to almost $3. After that, the figure dropped back to $2 in 1996, then continued to fluctuate around that price until 2000, before declining to almost $1,5, but quickly rose back up and settled at $2,5 in the end. Meanwhile, the price of a kilo of the fruit in France remained stable at above $1,5 for around three years, before beginning to fluctuate around that price for six years. Before ending the period, it decreased to just $1 in 2003, and it ended with an increase to $1,5.
Concerning the remaining nations, in Germany, people used to pay almost $1,5 for each kilo of banana in 1994, and it started to fluctuate gradually at around $1,5 from 1994 to over 2001. After that, the price dropped slightly to around $1,25 in 2002 and remained unchanged since then. As for the US, its citizens paid under $1 for a kilo of banana, then the price rose quickly to over $1 after one year. Since then, despite some changes the price stayed stable at around $1 until the end of the period.