Your Answer ▼ The line graph shows the literacy rates of three continents, which are North America, Asia, and Africa, from 1930 to 2000.
Overall, it is clear that North America stands out as the highest literacy rate. Also, Asia had the most growth, with the gap between Asia and North America narrowing, to record the similar figure with North America in 2000 eventually. Meanwhile, Africa had displayed the lowest figure over the 70-year period.
Looking at the graph more closely, it is evident that the literacy rate of North America had increased gradually until 1970, and then remained constant at just over 80 percent until the last period in the question. In contrast, Asia figure had steeply risen from just under 40 percent in 1930 to around 82 percent in 2000. The upward trend was also seen in Africa figure, displaying fluctuation a little bit. It had increased rapidly by nearly 20 percentage point from 1930 to 1950, before the rate of literacy growth became slow, growing only about 10 percentage point over the 50-year period. |