he provided line graph demonstrates the proportion of the children who had low reading comprehension at the age of fifteen in four countries, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.
Overall, it is clear that there were upward trend of the data on Austria, Ireland and Sweden, the opposite was true for the figure for Denmark. Additionally, it is notable that the percentage of children with low literacy in Austria was by far the largest during the research time.
At the beginning of the year 2000, the proportion of children who were illiterate in Austria and Denmark stood at about 15% and 18% respectively. Over the following six years, there was a sharp increase to roughly 22% in the figure for children from Austria before reaching a peak of approximately 28% in 2009. By contrast, the data on Denmark has not stopped falling from around 17% to 15% between 2003 and 2009.
Also in 2000, the proportion of teenagers from Sweden and Ireland were about 12. 5% and 11% correspondingly. The year 2003 saw a slow rise to 13% in the data on Sweden. After that, a significant climb to nearly 17% was seen in the figure for kids in Sweden in 2009. According to Ireland, the data remained constant in 2003, 11%; however, it grew gradually from 11% to 12% in 2006. Moreover, after three years, the percentage of group of 15-year-old with low literacy in Ireland leveled off at the same figure of Sweden, 17%.
he
provided line graph demonstrates the proportion of the
children
who had low reading comprehension at the age of fifteen in four countries, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.
Overall
, it is
clear
that there were upward trend of the
data
on Austria, Ireland and Sweden, the opposite was true for the
figure
for Denmark.
Additionally
, it is notable that the percentage of
children
with low literacy in Austria was by far the largest during the research time.
At the beginning of the
year
2000, the proportion of
children
who were illiterate in Austria and Denmark stood at about 15% and 18%
respectively
. Over the following six years, there was a sharp increase to roughly 22% in the
figure
for
children
from Austria
before
reaching a peak of approximately 28% in 2009. By contrast, the
data
on Denmark has not
stopped
falling from around 17% to 15% between 2003 and 2009.
Also
in 2000, the proportion of
teenagers
from Sweden and Ireland were about 12. 5% and 11%
correspondingly
. The
year
2003
saw
a slow rise to 13% in the
data
on Sweden. After that, a significant climb to
nearly
17% was
seen
in the
figure
for kids in Sweden in 2009. According to Ireland, the
data
remained constant in 2003, 11%;
however
, it grew
gradually
from 11% to 12% in 2006.
Moreover
, after three years, the percentage of group of 15-year-
old
with low literacy in Ireland leveled off at the same
figure
of Sweden, 17%.