The table below shows social and economic indicators for four countries in 1994, according to United Nations statistics. Describe the information shown below in your own words. What implications do the indicators have for the countries?

The chart gives data about some economic and social indicators of four nations in 1994.

Overall

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, is appreciated that developed countries have better results than third-world ones.

Firstly

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, Canada and Japan were wealthy, and

as a consequence

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, their citizens had a great lifestyle which could have been sustained by the high incomes that they earned, up to 11000 US$ and 15760 US$, respectively.

As a result

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, the adult literacy rate was almost the whole nation, 99% in both cases.

In addition

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, Canadians and Japanese ate a diet high in calories and nutritious that made them live longer. Oppositely, Peru and Zaire were quite far from these results, being their annual income 10 times less than the first world nations which is directly related to the adult literacy rate where only 68% and 34% of their population are able to read.

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, their diets are nearly half the caloric of the ones from Canada and Japan, resulting in a shorter life expectancy.

To sum up

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, in 1994 higher rates of literacy were related to a better life and wealthy places were able to succeed and achieve better salaries than non-developed areas.