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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 15th July
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The line chart below gives information about the percentage of female members of parliament in European countries (2000 – 2012)
SAMPLE ANSWER
The line chart illustrates the proportion of female parliament members in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and Belgium from 2000 to 2012.
In general, all countries experienced an upward trend over the period, with Italy being the country with the highest percentage of female parliament members in 2012.
The percentages of female members of parliament in Germany and Italy were always higher than those of the other three countries however they also experienced a similar trend. While the figure for Italy rose from 27% to just under 40% that of Germany increased by only 4%, to be at about 37%, during the examined period. Starting at 25% in 2000, the proportion of female parliament members in France increased at a similar rate to Germany, to end up at approximately 32% in 2012.
In 2000, only around 3% of parliament members in the UK were female, however this figure rose quite substantially to about 20% in 2008 and continued to peak at roughly 23% in 2012. The percentage of female parliament members in Belgium also stood at 23% in 2012, however this figure only showed a small change from its figure of around 17% in 2000.
