The table below shows social and economic indicators for four countries in 1994, according to United Nations statistics. v.1

The table compares four social and economic aspects for Canada, Japan, Peru and Zaire in the year 1994. A glance at the table reveals that Canada and Japan far outweighed Peru and Zaire in terms of their citizens social and economic conditions. As the data suggests, yearly average earning for a Canadian was more than 11 thousand US dollar in 1994. The highest annual earning was in Japan where a citizen made over 15 thousand. Annual income for a citizen in Peru and Zaire was less than 200 USD and this figure was almost 100 times fewer than that of the former two countries. Life expectancy was highest in Japan, 78 years, which was marginally higher than that of Canadians but substantially higher than that of Peru and Zaire, where life expectancy was 51 and 47 years respectively. Moreover, 99% Canadians and Japanese adults were literate while it was only 68% in Peru. On contrary to that, two-thirds adults in Zaire were illiterate. Finally, daily calorie supply per person in Canada was the highest, more than 3. 3 kilocalories while it was slightly below than 3 kilocalories in Japan. However, Peru and Zaire could only ensure less than 2 kilocalories per person in a day.