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The bar graph below outlines literacy rates for a number of nations in 2004. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown here.
Write at least 150 words.
Model Answer
The given column graph illustrates the various literacy levels of a handful of countries around the world in 2004. The countries are plotted on the x-axis, whereas the literacy rate on the y-axis.
According to the graph, Georgians and Slovakians, with literacy rates of 100% were the most literate in the list for this time period. Israel ranked the third most literate, with roughly 97% literacy rate. Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, Qatar, Brazil, Peru and Turkey appeared to share an almost identical literacy rate of 88%. Literacy in Syria in 2004 was slightly lower, at 80%, while Tunisia and Cambodia had a literacy rate of slightly below 70%. Haiti, at 62%, Pakistan, at less than 50% had fairly lesser literacy rates than the countries mentioned earlier. Sierra Leone, at 35%, made up the least literate country among the given countrie.
Overall, eleven of the countries given in the graph had a literacy rate of 80% or above literacy rate in 2004.