Ielts Academic Writing Task 1 Sample 118

You should spend a maximum of 20 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic:

The image provides information about the share of population living in poverty worldwide and in South Asia, by the three different poverty lines.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.

The graph compares poverty trends between South Asia and worldwide populations from 1990 to 2024, utilizing three different poverty thresholds: $6.85, $3.65, and $2.15 per day (in 2017 purchasing power parity).

South Asia consistently demonstrates higher poverty rates across all thresholds compared to global averages. At the $6.85 threshold, South Asia’s poverty rate declined from approximately 95% in 1990 to 75.6% in 2024, while the global rate decreased from about 65% to 47.4% during the same period.

The most significant reductions occurred between 1990 and 2015, with both regions showing steep declines across all poverty lines. However, the rate of poverty reduction has decelerated notably since 2015, particularly in South Asia.

The data indicates that extreme poverty ($2.15 per day) has shown the most substantial improvement, with South Asia’s rate decreasing from approximately 50% to 7.5%, and the global rate reducing from 35% to 7.8%. The convergence of these rates by 2024 suggests that extreme poverty levels have become more comparable between South Asia and the global average.