The line graph illustrates the proportion of teenagers who are 15 years old and have low reading and writing skills in four European countries. It is evident Austria, Sweden and Ireland had growing results whereas Denmark had declinig per cent of 15 year olds with low literacy level during the given timeframe. In 2000, the highest percentage was in Denmark at about 17%, while Austria was second on the list at just under 15%. During the following 8 years, this value started to increase significantly, rocketing to approximately 28%, which was the peak level of the graph, in contrast, the proportion of teenagers with low basic skills in Denmark saw a moderate decline and ended up hitting the lowest point of this graph. Almost 10% of 15 year olds had problems with reading and writing in Ireland in 2000, making it slightly less compared to the per cent in Sweden(approximately 13%). Trends of both countries remained steady till 2003, and witnessed a gradual increase during the following years to finish at the same point with the percentage equivalent to around 17% in 2009.
The line graph illustrates the proportion of
teenagers
who are 15 years
old
and have low reading and writing
skills
in four European countries. It is evident Austria, Sweden and Ireland had growing results whereas Denmark had
declinig
per cent of 15
year
olds with low literacy level during the
given
timeframe. In 2000, the highest percentage was in Denmark at about 17%, while Austria was second on the list at
just
under 15%. During the following 8 years, this value
started
to increase
significantly
, rocketing to approximately 28%, which was the peak level of the graph,
in contrast
, the proportion of
teenagers
with low basic
skills
in Denmark
saw
a moderate decline and ended up hitting the lowest point of this graph. Almost 10% of 15
year
olds had problems with reading and writing in Ireland in 2000, making it
slightly
less compared to the per cent in Sweden(approximately 13%). Trends of both countries remained steady till 2003, and witnessed a gradual increase during the following years to finish at the same point with the percentage equivalent to around 17% in 2009.