The given table compares data of four social and economic indicators for Canada, Japan, Peru and Zaire in 1994, reported in United Nations statistics.
Overall, Canada's and Japan's data for four indicators always overpassed the data of Peru and Zaire.
Each Canadian and Japanese annual income was $11,100 and $15,760 respectively whereas the figure of Peru and Zaire was respectively $160 and $130, almost 90 and 120 times lower than the two above countries' data. In terms of life expectancy, Canadian and Japanese were expected to live longer (76 years and 78 years) than Peru and Zaire (51 years and 47 years).
At the same time, the number of calories supplies per person daily of Peru and Zaire people was 1927 and 1749, which was nearly doubled by Canada and Japan statistics (3326 and 2864 respectively). In 1994, 99 per cent of Canadian and Japanese adults were literate or educated, while the adult literacy rate of Peru and Zaire was only 68 and 34 per cent.
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