The chart below shows the literacy rates of three different continents between 1930 and 2000.
The line graphs depict the
literacy
rates of North America
, Asia
, and Africa
between 1930 and 2000.
First,
the literacy
rate
in North America
was the highest, which was approximately 70% in 1930. However
, this
rate
remained stable from 1970 to 1999 at about 83%, still the highest rate
among the three continents. Interestingly, the gap between literacy
rates in North America
and Asia
was wide at the beginning of the year, but it had narrowed in 2000, then
the literacy
rate
in Asia
exceeded the literacy
rate
in North America
.
It is also
clearly seen that the literacy
rate
in Africa
was the least
throughout the period. The Correct word choice
lowest
rate
increased considerably from less than 20% in 1930 to around 32% in 1950. Then
, the literacy
rate
in Africa
rose slowly from 32% in 1960 to 40% in 2000.
Overall
, while
the literacy
rate
in Asia
had a significant rise from 1930 to 2000, the literacy
rate
in both North America
and Africa
increased relatively steadily during the same period.Submitted by kchengii on
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