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

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?

» You should write at least 150 words.

Indicators	Canada	Japan	Peru	Zaire
Annual income per person (in $US)	11100	15760	160	130
Life expectancy at birth	76	78	51	47
Daily calorie supply per person	3326	2846	1927	1749
Adult literacy rate (%)	99	99	68	34

 Sample Answer :

The table depicts information about four social and economic factors of four countries namely Canada, Japan, Peru and Zaire in 1994. It is clear that Canada and Japan had a better economic and social condition than the other countries.

According to the table, Japan was the highest country that had annual income per person with 15,760 USD, followed by Canada with 11,000 USD. While there was extremely difference in two other countries (Peru and Zaire). They had annual income per person far below Canada and Japan. Peru just had 160 USD and Zaire was the poorest with 130 USD. Furthermore, Peru and Zaire was the countries which had life expectactancy lower than Canada and Japan.

As it observed from the given data, daily calories supply in Canada and Japan was 3326 and 2846 per person, while this ratio in Peru and Zaire was almost a half, with 1927 and 1749 per person. Again, the adult literacy rate in both Canada and Jaoan was excatly same 99%, while other countries, namely Peru and Zaire had far less adult literacy rates which were 68 and 34 percents respectively.