© IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay Calorie Source for UK males at different life periods Percentage of total intake The bar chart shows the different calorific sources of UK males of varying age groups, 0-24, 25-49 and 50+ The sources are dairy, meat, pulses and vegetables Between being born and reaching 24 the main source of calories was dairy products, with over 40% coming from dairy products, and the other sources equal at around 20%, except pulses which represent around 18% For the 25-49 age group by far the largest source was meat at exactly 50% of total calorie intake, followed by dairy at 25%, vegetables at 15% and pulses representing just 10% Regarding the over 50 group the largest contributor were pulses at well over 60%, followed by meat, dairy and vegetables in that order Overall it is clear each group leans towards one predominant caloric source over the rest Pulses were the least favoured choice for the younger groups, with vegetables also making up a minority contribution amongst every age group 156 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay Expected City Visits by Country of Origin for 2018 (Thousands/year) The bar chart shows the forecasted visits to four European cities, London, Paris, Madrid and Istanbul, from three countries the United States, Canada and Mexico The US represents the highest number of expected travellers by a large margin, followed by Canada then Mexico In 2018 the most popular destination overall is Paris and the least popular is Istanbul For Americans, in the future their most popular destination will be Paris, at 100 thousand visits, the least Istanbul at 60 000, Madrid's expected travellers reach 70 000 and London's 80 000 In 2018 Istanbul is the most popular for Canadians at 70 000 followed by London and Paris at 50 000 and 45 000, and the least desirable is Madrid at just 30 000 expected visits Madrid will be by far the most popular destination, just over 60 000, the other cities only reach between 20 000 and 25 000 To summarise the graph shows that each country has widely varying preferences, the most marked being Mexico's preference for Madrid, America's favourite would be Paris and Canada's Istanbul 177 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay Council Expenditure by Three Regions in the UK, 2014 Yorkshire Derbyshire Lancashire The three pie charts show the distribution of spending between three counties in northern England in 2014 Of the regions Yorkshire spent the most on education, followed by Lancashire, and finally Derbyshire Derbyshire spent the most on leisure, representing about 35%, Yorkshire spent 25% and Lancashire slightly more at 30% Derbyshire also spent the most on community care, reaching 20%, while the other two spent less, Yorkshire at 18% while Lancashire at 12% All counties spent a similar proportion on the environment between -10%, Derbyshire having the highest amount Social services expenditure was at 15% for Yorkshire, 10% for Lancashire and just 3% for Derbyshire representing the lowest of the three Regarding the category of other, the amounts were broadly similar, representing between 7% and 10% for each of the three Overall amongst the three regions education and leisure make up the largest expenses, followed by the environment and social services representing the lowest © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay Foreign Direct Investment in Australia over years The bar chart shows the foreign investment of countries in Australia over years, 2011-2014 In 2011 Malaysia invests the highest however, all countries invested between 80 and 100, except Somalia which invested around 20 USD million In 2012, all countries increased the amount invested while Germany almost doubled its investment and reached 180m USD, the other countries also increased but only by around 15% Somalia more than doubled the amount invested and reached 50mUSD By 2013 New Zealand had overtaken Germany and had invested 200m USD while the latter was at 190m USD, both Mexico and Malaysia had increased and reached 140m USD and 130 USD respectively Somalia almost doubled the amount sent again to reach 90m USD, to bring it on a par with Thailand In 2014 investment grew from each country except Mexico, which remained steady, while Somalia dropped to its 2011 level of around 20m USD Overall every country increased their investment in Australia for each consecutive year bar Somalia which reduced it in the final period 171 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay SOURCE: http://timelineview.blogspot.com.es/2007/06/ten-trend-charts-from-dod-quarterly.html NB An official IELTS paper would use information much less political, this chart was used entirely for convenience The bar chart shows the amount of weekly attacks on targets ranging from Coalition forces, Iraqi citizens and Iraqi Security forces, in given political periods over a period of years Attacks on coalition forces remain at around 400 per week then reach 600 per week once the government is established, the frequency of attacks remain at roughly this level thereafter Assaults on Iraqi Security forces are greater each period for out of the periods, thereby reaching an almost 20 fold increase by the end of the timescale Unfortunately attacks on Iraqi civilians also see an increase for every period reported except in the pre-constitution stage where the fall by more than 50%, only to rise repeatedly afterwards Overall it is clear the amount of attacks have increased, although the largest proportion is represented by attacks on coalition forces, the group seeing the largest increase in attacks in percentage terms are the Iraqi security forces 156 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay SOURCE:http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/2010cpr/chap6.htm The bar chart shows the changes in public funding for transit expenses over an eight year period, 2000-2008 There is also a key showing the percentage annual growth rate of each fund, Local, State and Federal Local funds consistently represent the largest contribution throughout the said period, followed by Federal funds, then State funds State funds have the highest annual percentage growth rate of 9.3%, followed closely by Local funds at 9.2%, whereas Federal funding is only growing at 5.3% annually Despite dipping in 2004 and 2005, the general trend is that expenditure is increasing year on year with total expenditure starting at 9.1 billion USD, and finishing at 16.1 the State is the smallest contributor overall, however the amount given doubles from billion to billion over the said period Federal funds increased by around 50% from 4.3 billion to 6.4 billion To summarise, funding for transit capital expenditure is increasing, the largest source is Local funding, then State Federal funding contributes the least and is also growing the least on an annual basis 176 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay http://blogs.sas.com/content/jmp/2013/07/15/using-jmp-to-visualize-voting-rights-act-ruling/ NB An official IELTS paper would use information much less political, this chart was used entirely for convenience The bar chart shows the percentage of people registered as eligible voters from state to state, by race and year, 1965 and 2004 In 1965 there are clearly more white eligible registered voters than black, the largest gap between these groups is in Mississippi where blacks reached just 7%, and whites were at almost 80% The highest percentage of white registered voters was in Louisiana, followed by South Carolina The highest percentage of black registered voters was in Virginia at just over 40% closely followed by South Carolina Regarding 2004 the trend of more white than black registered voters continues in every state except Mississippi Furthermore, the percentage of white voters falls in almost every state The lowest percentage of black voters is now Virginia at slightly under 60% whereas the highest reaches 75%, Mississippi Overall white voters are still in the majority in almost all cases, however, over the forty year period the trend points to a harmonising of voter numbers in each state 169 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7486044.stm The bar chart shows the life expectancy of males and females at birth, and at 65, the data is from four countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Females from England have the highest life expectancy at 81.5 years, beating women from Northern Ireland by months Females from Scotland have the lowest life expectancy of 79.6 years, meaning a gap of around 13 months between the highest and lowest English female life expectancy at 65 is also the highest, and the Scottish is also the lowest Regarding male life expectancy the highest is from England and reaches 77.2, almost an extra years over the lowest, Scotland, at 74.6 Wales is the second lowest at 76.6 years, followed by N Ireland at 76.1 At 65 the order is the same with England first, Wales and N Ireland broadly similar and Scotland at the lowest with 15.8 years of life expected after 65 In all countries observed, and at all age points, women out live men, and regarding countries, Scotland has the lowest life expectancy while England has the highest 180 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay http://imfdirect.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/china-fastest-growing-consumer-market-in-the-world.jpg The bar chart shows the increase in consumption for four countries, Germany, Japan, the US and China, over a three year period 2011-2013, in billions, in USD The US and China both experienced growth in consumption every year, although the increase was less following each subsequent year Japan and Germany followed similar patterns except for in 2012 Germany experienced a negative increase as did Japan in 2013 China attained the largest consumption increase in 2011, reaching over 700 (USD billions), Japan was responsible for the largest fall in consumption, experiencing a fall of almost 800 (USD billions) Throughout the entire period China consistently grew its consumption the highest, while Germany was repeatedly the country with lowest growth except in 2013 when it was Japan Overall the majority of the countries experienced positive increase in consumption except individual countries during 2012 and 2013 142 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay Figure 7.1.4 Average monthly telecommunications retail revenues, 2012 http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/policymonitoring/2013/cmr7.htm The bar chart shows the average monthly revenue from retail telecommunication subscribers from eight countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania Each country is represented by three bars, green for mobile, brown for data, and blue for services In practically all cases services represents the highest revenue source per client, followed by data and internet and lastly mobile Australia has the highest revenue per customer for services at $109, however overall Japan has the highest revenue per customer because data and mobile revenues are considerably higher than the other countries Italy has the lowest revenue figures overall, with mobile revenue at $16, data at $44, and services at $51 The North American figures are broadly similar, both countries reach around $90 for services, $65 for data and between $53-$44 for mobile The UK, Germany and France have similar figures except France has the highest data revenue for the European countries The lowest revenue figures are found in Europe, the highest are in Asia, namely Japan, while North American revenue numbers in the middle 174 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay International Student Enrolment in British Universities 2009-2014 14 12 10 YEAR 2009 YEAR 2014 Liverpool Brighton Edingbourogh Leeds Cardif Manchester Birmingham Glasgow Bristol Huddersfield The bar chart shows the percentage of international student enrolled in British universities in two years, 1990 and 2014 For the majority of the universities managed to increase the percentage of international students preset at their institutions The universities that experienced the largest gain were the Scottish ones, Glasgow jumped from 4% to 6%, while Edinburgh's percentage doubled from 3% to 6% In England, Huddersfield also grew its percentage of foreign students considerably The university with the largest percentage in both 1990 and 2014 was Brighton, 12% and 13% respectively The only university to loose international students in percentage terms was Cardiff, falling from 2% to 1% All universities underwent some change except Liverpool whose proportion of international students remained stable at 8% Manchester, Bristol and Leeds each experienced an increase albeit of a smaller proportion, in the range of 1-2 percentage points growth Over the twenty four year period changes in the percentage of students enrolled has fluctuated but generally towards an upward trend The decrease was in Cardiff and falls short of the leader Brighton, by 12 points 180 ... middle 17 4 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay International Student Enrolment in British Universities 2009-2 014 14 12 10 YEAR 2009 YEAR 2 014 Liverpool... Australia over years, 2 011 -2 014 In 2 011 Malaysia invests the highest however, all countries invested between 80 and 10 0, except Somalia which invested around 20 USD million In 2 012 , all countries increased... while England has the highest 18 0 © IELTSPodcast.com / B.Worthington, entire document, IELTS questions and IELTS essay http://imfdirect.files.wordpress.com/2 013 /11 /china-fastest-growing-consumer-market-in-the-world.jpg