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“The bar chart shows the unemployment rate in six countries in 2021.”Model answer
195 wordsP1The bar chart illustrates the unemployment rate as a percentage of the labour force in six countries in 2021.
P2Overall, South Africa had by far the highest unemployment rate, while Japan recorded the lowest. The chart shows a wide range across the six countries, with South Africa far above the others, Spain and Brazil next, and France, the USA and Japan lower.
P3South Africa's unemployment rate stood at 33.6% of the labour force, more than twice Spain's figure of 14.8%, which was the second-highest. Brazil came third at 13.2%, meaning that the top three countries all had double-digit unemployment, whereas France, the USA, and Japan did not.
P4France's rate was 7.9%, followed by the USA at 5.4% and Japan at 2.8%. South Africa's rate was 12 times Japan's, while France's was approximately 2.8 times as high, highlighting the considerable variation within the group. The gap between South Africa at 33.6% and Japan at 2.8% amounted to 30.8 percentage points, representing the most striking feature of the chart. Spain and Brazil were broadly comparable despite a difference of 1.6 percentage points, while France, the USA, and Japan all occupied a lower range from 2.8% to 7.9%.
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Could compare the USA and France more explicitly since their figures appear similar yet differ by 2.5 percentage points.