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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 25th January
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart below gives information about the percentage of unemployed Irish citizens and the number of emigrants leaving the country from 1988 to 2008.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The chart gives information about the percentage of unemployed Irish citizens and the number of emigrants leaving the country from 1988 to 2008.
Overall, there was a significant decline in the unemployment rate in Ireland, and in addition to this, the number of those leaving the country also reduced over the examined period.
Regarding Ireland’s rate of unemployment, after a mild decrease from roughly 17% in 1988 to 13% in 1990, it experienced a slight recovery to about 15% over the following two years. The figure then plummeted to 4% in 2000, followed by a six-year period of stability. However, the unemployment rate of Ireland increased to nearly 6% in the final year.
Starting with approximately 60,000 emigrants in 1988, this number fell to about 55,000 in 1990 before plunging to over 32,000 two years later. The number of Ireland’s emigrants continued to go down to around 27,000 over the next 12 years, and suddenly surged back up to 50,000 in 2008.
