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The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar chart shows the divorce rates in two European countries from 2011 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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The graph shows
percentage
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the percentage
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 of divorces over a five-year
period
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 between 2011 and 2015 in
Finland
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 and
Sweden
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.
Overall
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,
Sweden
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 experienced a downward trend,
while
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Finland
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 showed an upward trend throughout
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period
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the period
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. Both countries' divorce rates had
flactuations
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fluctuations
.
Although
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Finland
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initially
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 had a lower
rate
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, it outraced
Sweden
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at the end
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 of the
period
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.
Sweden
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’s divorce
rate
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 was about 45% in 2011, being higher than
Finland
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’s
rate
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 by approximately 8%.
Then
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, it rose to almost fifty
percent
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per cent
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 in 2012.
However
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, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% in 2013
,
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 and continued to decline steadily to the end of the
period
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, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a
low-point
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low point
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 of about 37% in 2015.
Percentage
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The percentage
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 of divorces in
Finland
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 was less than 40% in 2011, and it decreased in 2012, when about
one third
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one-third
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 of marriages in
Finland
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 ended with a divorce (as opposed to almost
a
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apply
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half in
Sweden
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).
However
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, the figure experienced
a
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steady growth during the next two years. It rose to approximately 39% in 2013,
then
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 increased by around 3% in 2014, and remained steady for the next year, outracing the
rate
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 of
Sweden
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.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words period, finland, sweden, rate with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "shows" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • divorce rates
  • fluctuate
  • increase
  • decrease
  • peak
  • trough
  • trend
  • notable
  • significant
  • substantial
  • higher
  • lower
  • comparison
  • consistent
  • vary
  • percent
  • overall
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