The table demonstrates the statistics of the United Nations about social and economic indicators for Canada, Japan, Peru and Zaire in 1994.
Overall, Canada and Japan showed the highest rate in all social and economic indicators: annual income per person, life expectancy, daily calorie supply per person, and adult literacy rate, showing that they were richer countries. Meanwhile, Peru and Zaire were the least in these indicators.
In terms of annual income per person, Japan had the winning place with 15760 US dollars per person, and Canada followed with 11100. Peru and Zaire earned only 160 and 130 US -dollars, showing contrast between other two countries by having the lowest rate. Compared to annual income, Canada and Japan had a bigger gap in daily calorie consumption per person, where the rates were 3326 and 2846. Peru and Zaire had much smaller gap, with 1927 and 1749.
Life expectancy rates in Canada and Japan were almost the same, the former being lower than the latter by only 2 years. Peru and Zaire had the similar pattern, at 51 and 47 years. In terms of adult literacy, Canada and Japan had similar rates which were 99 percent. The biggest gap was between Canada and Zaire, where the rates were 99 and 34.