The graph below gives information about the price of bananas in four countries between 1994 and 2004.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Sample 1:

The line graph shows how much bananas cost in four different nations from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, banana prices in all countries experienced wild fluctuations, except for the USA, whose figure remained relatively stable for the majority of the period. Additionally, bananas were generally the most and least expensive in Japan and the USA, respectively.

Regading Japan, the cost of a kilogram of bananas started at nearly 2 US dollars, after which it had risen sharply to peak at around 2.8 by 1995. Despite an increase between 1997 and 1999, the banana price in Japan dropped to a low of just above 1.5 US dollars per kilogram before rebounding to end at 2.5. Bananas in the USA, meanwhile, were initially priced at about 0.7 US dollars. This was followed by a rise to approximately 1.1 one year later and a leveling off towards the end of the timeframe.

Turning to France, there was a period of stability in the price of bananas, remaining at roughly 1.7 US dollars per kilogram from 1994 to 1997. Thereafter, the figure fluctuated wildly, with it becoming the highest in the chart in 2001 (at $1.7) and the lowest in 2003 (at $1) prior to reaching just over 1.5 in 2004. The banana costs in Germany almost exactly mirrored this fluctuating trend, hovering around the 1.4 US dollar mark in the first seven years and then falling gradually to about 1.2 in 2004. 

Sample 2:

The line chart compares the cost of bananas in Japan, France, Germany and the USA from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, bananas were the most expensive in Japan and cheapest in the USA. In addition, the prices in all nations were erratic over the period, with the exception of the USA.

In Japan, the cost of bananas increased dramatically from about $1.80/kg in 1994 to a peak of around $2.80/kg in 1995, but then decreased to approximately $2.00/kg in 1996. After hovering between $1.80/kg and $2.30/kg from 1997 to 2000, the price declined to nearly $1.50/kg in 2001 before rising to about $2.50/kg in 2004. In contrast, after an initial increase, the cost of bananas in the USA stabilized at around $1.20/kg until 2004.

France and Germany witnessed a similar pattern over the entire period, with the prices returning to almost their original values despite fluctuations, at about $1.40/kg and $1.70/kg respectively. While banana prices in Germany declined gradually to around $1.10/kg in 2004, the figures for France fluctuated wildly, overtaking Japan to become the country with highest price (around $1.80/kg) in 200. They then hit a trough of around $1.00/kg, the lowest among 4 countries in 2003 and finally reached just over $1.50/kg in 2004.

Sample 3:

The given line graph compares how much bananas cost in 4 different countries: Japan, France, Germany, and the USA from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, the prices of bananas were the highest in Japan and the lowest in America. Furthermore, except for the USA, bananas’ costs in all the countries fluctuated wildly over the ten-year period, with France and Germany following a relatively similar trend.

Regarding Japan, starting at $1.80/kg in 1994, the price hit a peak of $2.80 in the next year, before dropping to $2.0 in 1996. From this year onwards to 2000, bananas’ cost oscillated between $1.90 and $2.20 and hit a bottom of around $1.50 in 2001. This was followed by a rebound to $2.10 one year later, when the cost rose exponentially to $2.50 at the end of the period. The price of bananas in America remained stable at around $1.10 throughout the ten years after an increase from $0.70 in 1994.

Both France and Germany started at $1.60 and $1.40, respectively, but while France’s price stabilized until 1997, Germany’s cost saw a plunge to $1.20 in 1996. From 1997 to 2004, the two countries’ costs experienced dramatic fluctuations, especially in France, where the price was more expensive than Japan in 2001 at $1.60 and the lowest of all countries in 2003 at $1.00. However, in the end, bananas cost roughly the same as they did 10 years prior in both countries.

Sample 4:

The provided line graph illustrates the price fluctuations of bananas in four distinct countries: Japan, France, Germany, and the USA from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, Japan consistently held the highest banana prices, while the USA maintained the lowest prices. Additionally, barring the USA, all countries witnessed significant price variations over the ten-year period.

In Japan, the banana cost initiated at $1.80/kg in 1994, peaked at $2.80 in the subsequent year, and then declined to $2.00 by 1996. From 1996 to 2000, prices oscillated between $1.90 and $2.20 before dipping to approximately $1.50 in 2001. Thereafter, prices surged to $2.10 in the following year and notably escalated to $2.50 by the end of the period. Conversely, the price of bananas in America remained relatively steady, hovering around $1.10 throughout the entire decade after an increase from $0.70 in 1994.

France and Germany commenced at $1.60 and $1.40, respectively. However, the former remained relatively stable until 1997, whereas the latter varied between $1.20 and $1.50. Subsequently, both countries followed a relatively similar fluctuating trend, but since 2002, while France plunged to a low of $1.00 before a partial recovery to $1.60 by the conclusion of the period, Germany stayed almost unaltered at around $1.25.

Sample 5:

The line chart compares banana prices in four nations from 1994 to 2004. Overall, Japan and the USA saw an increase in their bananas' prices, while the reverse was true for France and Germany. Notably, bananas from Japan remained relatively the most expensive, while those from the USA were almost always the cheapest.

In terms of Japan and the USA, the former had the most volatile trend, starting highest at nearly US$2 per kilogram. Despite peaking at about $2.7 the following year, the figure dropped to $2 in 1996. In 2001, the banana price in Japan fell again, reaching a nadir of just over US$1.5 per kilogram. However, it surged from 2001 onwards, and by 2004, it had risen to $2.5. In comparison, bananas in the USA were much cheaper, only increasing from the start of roughly $0.7 to about $1.3 in 1995. Towards the end of the period, the price stayed almost the same.

With bananas in the other two countries, the price in France was stable at around US$1.6 per kilogram from 1994 to 1999. But from there onwards, the figure dropped to about $1.3 in 2000 and fell again in 2003, reaching the lowest point of $1. However, it recovered immediately to finish at slightly above $1.5. Compared to banana prices in Germany, these were more stable, ranging from approximately $1.2 to $1.5. By the end of the period, the price had decreased by only roughly $0.2 from the starting price of approximately $1.4.

Sample 6:

The provided line graph illustrates how many bananas were in four countries over a period of ten years, starting from 1994.

Overall, it took Japanese people more money to purchase a kilogram of bananas than their counterparts in the other two countries in almost all the years examined. In addition, the prices of this item in all four countries experienced fluctuations, the mildest of which was observed in the figure for the USA.

Regarding the USA and Germany. At the beginning of the period, Bananas in the former cost around $0,8 per kilogram, which was significantly higher than the figure for the latter, at about $1.9. After that, the banana price in Germany fluctuated downward until 2002 and remained the same at $1.3 from then to 2004. Meanwhile, people in the USA had to spend the same amount of money for a kilogram of bananas, at approximately $1.2, in six consecutive years, from 1998 to 2004.

People in France needed to spend around $1,7 for a kilogram of bananas from 1994 to 1997. Subsequently, this figure fluctuated at increasing levels year after year before ending at $1.6. Compared to France, the figure for Japan started at roughly $1.8 and surged notably until peaking at $2.8 one year later. However, the banana price in this country fell sharply soon after that and hit the lowest point of $1.6 in 2001 despite some increases between 1998 to 2000. Finally, this figure recovered back to $2.6 at the end of the period.

Sample 7:

The line graph compares the price of bananas across four different nations in the world, namely Japan, France, Germany, and the USA from 1994 to 2004.

Two contrasting trends in the banana price are revealed, with Japan and America reporting a general upswing, while France and Germany a downswing. Bananas had the highest value on the Japanese market, contrary to German and American markets where this fruit was of a low price.

Initially, a Japanese citizen had to pay the highest amount of money for a kilogram of bananas (around $1.80). This number inflated to a high of $2.80 in 1995, but then decreased and hovered around the 1994 figure till 2000. $1.40 per kilogram was the banana price in France in 1994, which remained unchanged till 1997 before falling to just about $1.30 in 2000.

In 2001, however, France eclipsed Japan as the country with the most expensive bananas, peaking at about $1.70. However, this lead was short-lived, as the banana price in Japan soared again to $2.50 in 2004, while that of France fell to a low of below $1.00 in 2003 and recovered to only over $1.50 one year later.

In Germany, a kilogram of bananas cost less than $1.50 in 1994, which was not as cheap as in the USA at just around $0.80. The figure for the European country fluctuated within the range of $1.25 to $1.50 until 2001 before dropping gradually to a low of about $1.20 in 2004. In America, the price rose to approximately $1.20 in 1995, oscillated slightly till 1999 and then stabilized at just over $1.00 in the end.