The graph shows the percentage of 15-year-olds with low literacy (reading and writing) levels in four countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features making comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the proportion of 15-year-olds who have a low level of literacy in reading and writing in four different countries from 2000-2009.

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, Austria had the highest

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of 15-year-olds with low literacy levels compared to the other countries. Ireland,

on the other hand

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, had the lowest

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between those four.

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Denmark and Sweden are almost the same. The

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of 15-year-olds with low literacy levels in Austria gradually increased over time. It started at just below 15% in 2000

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reached a peak at around 27% in 2009.

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the contrary, Denmark had the highest

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around 18%

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slowly decreased over the year and had the lowest in 2009 around 15%. Ireland and Sweden showed

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same pattern that started around 11% and 13% respectively. They slowly rose

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reached a peak of around 17% in 2009. Most of the country have a peak

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of the year (2009) except for Denmark.