The bar chart shows the percentage of young people in higher education in 2000, 2005 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows the percentage of young people in higher education in 2000, 2005 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar diagram illustrates the number of adolescents studying higher education in four countries over a period of 10 years.
Overall
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, it is noticeable, in general, that as years went by more people went to college;
however
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, some countries slightly variated.
Firstly
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, it is seen that between 2000 and 2005 only one country, B, had an insignificant decrease of nearly 2%,
while
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A increased 10 times more,
as well as
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C and D, which experienced a similar rise of 5 points.
Secondly
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, making a comparison between 2005 and 2010, students in every country grew, being A and D the ones with the greatest difference close to 10,
whereas
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B and C suffered a marginal growth.
As a result
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, To summarize, countries B and C experienced gentle changes, achieving 40 and 47 percentage, respectively; oppositely A and D augmented considerably, around 20%, being the ones with more young people in higher education.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • notable
  • significant
  • comparison
  • higher education
  • young people
  • year-on-year
  • socio-economic factors
  • government policy
  • economic conditions
  • cultural attitudes
  • globalization
  • educational reforms
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