The table illustrates data provided by the United Nation statistics in four distinct countries in the year 1994. A comparison of these nations reveals stark disparities in income, life expectancy, nutritional supply, and literacy rates.
Overall, the fact that there was a direct correlation between the annual income per person and other indicators of prosperity. For instance, Japan and Canada showed high level of annual income while in Peru and Zaire it was 130 to 160.
Japan was the leader in annual income of $15760 and life expectancy at birth of 78 years while in Canada it was $11100 and 76 years. However, Canadians consumed the highest number of calories, being 3326. Approximately all adults who living in these countries were literate.
People who living in Peru and Zaire earned annually only $160 and $130. Population of these countries did not use calories more than 1927 per day, and had a life expectancy of 51 years in Peru and 47 years in Zaire. In comparison, Peru’s literacy rate at 68% , while Zaire suffers from the lowest literacy rate of just 34%.