IELTS Task 1: Sample Bar Chart and Graph Essays

The bar graph task 1 represent the percentage of Australian men and women of different age groups doing physical activity in the year 2010. 

Analyzing the bar graph, women between the ages of 25 and 64 engage in more physical activity than men. Only the 15 to 24-year age group has higher male participation. Also, both men and women above 65 years are doing their exercises regularly.

More than 52% of males began to report greater physical activity participation between the ages of 15 – 24. Then their participation gradually lowers from 52.8% to 42.2% between 25 - 44 years of age compared to women. Again, there was an improvement found in male participation from age 55 onwards. Finally, they started giving equal toughness to females in doing exercises.

However, over 50% of women between the ages of 35 and 64 engaged in regular physical activity. Ages 65 and older and young women between 15 - 24 had the lowest rates of physical activity, respectively. It's interesting to note that, despite less regularity of physical activity than women do, the ratio was almost the same for men and women 65 and older.

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The above given bar graph task 1 shows the statistics of the overseas students from four different countries who enrolled in two particular computer science courses offered by Canadian universities.

On the whole, it is evident that the Networking core option is dominated by women in all four countries except France women, whereas the Database core option is filled with more men.

The data in the graph shows that students are enrolled in the Networking core option from all five different countries. Moreover, The networking core option was not selected by any female students from France. 4 Singaporean male students were included in the database exam, while only 2 female students chose the same option. Furthermore, Chinese male students were among the highest who enrolled in the database options than other countries. 

Similarly, Chinese female students were at the top in enrollment of the Networking core option compared to other countries. Only 2 men were enrolled in the Database and Networking core option. Additionally, only one male was enrolled in the Networking Core option from all four countries except Sri Lanka.

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The bar graph task 1 illustrates the unemployment rate for male and female graduates in Europe between the ages of 20 and 24 in the years 2008 and 2009. The X-axis holds the years while the Y-axis has percentages.

Overall, it is clear that across the period, the female graduate's unemployment rate is lower than that of male graduates. Finally, in October 2009 more than 20% of men were unemployed.

By observing the above graph, it can be seen that 10% of male students were jobless, while only less than 8% of women were unemployed in Jan 2008. Moreover, from January 2008 to July 2008, the unemployment rate continued to decline. However, this again increased to more than 15% for men and 10% for women. 

After Oct 2008, the unemployment rate again started to decrease for both men and women till April 2009. Suddenly, there was an increment in unemployment of women in July 2009. Ultimately, unemployment rates for both men and women peaked in Oct 2009.

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The bar graph task 1 provides information about the top ten countries in electricity production and consumption in 2014. The amount of energy produced and consumed is indicated on the graph in billions of kWh.

On the whole, it is obvious that China and the United States are the countries that generated and utilised more than any other countries. And, Germany is the only country that consumes more electricity than it produces.

China, among other nations, was the largest producer and consumer of electricity in 2014. In terms of both production and consumption of electricity, the United States came in second. In the meantime, about 1000 kWh of power were generated and used in Russia.  In addition, according to statistics from a bar graph, Japan ranks fourth in both production and consumption of power.

According to a 2014 survey, Korea had the lowest generation and consumption of power of the 10 countries. On the bar chart, it is in the very last position. India, Canada, France, Brazil, and Germany produced and consumed between 500 and 1000 kW of electricity in 2014.

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The bar graph task 1 above displays Scotland's exports in various sectors of industry to the rest of the United Kingdom and the rest of the world for 2014. The X-axis holds the billions of pounds while the Y-axis represents the different industries.

Overall, Scotland earned almost £75 billion from exports in 2014, of which the UK contributed about £21 billion. The United Kingdom's contribution is more in Chemicals and mineral products which are worth £5 billion. 

In terms of business services and finance, hotels, and restaurant services exported to other countries, Scotland's export earnings peaked at almost £13 billion. Scotland received £0.6 billion less in revenue from the UK in the areas of agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining. Scotland earned the highest export earnings from the UK in the production of foods and beverages.

Over £2 billion worth of metal, mechanical, and transportation equipment from Scotland was exported to the UK and the rest of the globe in 2014. Furthermore, electrical and instrument engineering accounted for the majority of Scotland's exports to the UK.

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