The line graph shows the price of bananas in four countries (Japan, France, Germany, and the USA) from 1996 to 2004.
Overall, there were many strong fluctuations in the price of bananas, except in France. Furthermore, Japan had the most expensive, and the USA had the cheapest price of bananas.
In 1996, a kilogram of bananas had a price of two USD in Japan, which peaked at three USD in 1998. After that, this fluctuated between 2.5 USD and 1.5 USD from 1998 to 2004. France had the same price for bananas as Japan in 1996. The country had many changes but never above 2 USD per kilogram of bananas.
In Germany, the price of bananas was 1.5 USD and 1.7 USD per kilogram in 1996 and 1998, respectively. After that, it bottomed out at 1.3 USD in 1999 and recovered to 2 USD in 2002. It experienced a slight decrease to 1.7 USD in 2004. The USA did not have many changes, remaining from about 1 USD to 1.3 USD during most of the period.
