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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 1st April
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart below shows the unemployment rate and the number of people leaving Ireland from 1988 to 2008.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The bar chart illustrates changes in the number of emigrants from Ireland, and the percentage of unemployed people between 1988 and 2008.
In general, the unemployment rate declined significantly over the surveyed period. Additionally, there were substantial changes in the percentage of people leaving Ireland during this time.
In 1998, the unemployment rate stood at approximately 17%. It then dropped sharply to 13% in 1990 before increasing again to 15% in 1992. From 1992 to 2000 the figure fell substantially to around 5%. Over the later part of the surveyed period, the figure remained stable before rising slightly to 6% in 2008.
In 1988, there were just over 60,000 people leaving Ireland. This number fell by almost half over the following four years, which was then followed by a gradual decline to around 25,000 people in 2002. Over the next 6 years the figure practically doubled, reaching 50,000 people in 2008.
