IELTS - Task 1- Internet Users

Question

The graph illustrates the proportion of people who used the internet between 1999 and 2009.

Generally, there was an upward trend in the rate of the population using the Internet in each country over the period shown. While the internet users increased considerably in the USA and Canada, Mexico’s internet users had a slight growth from 1999 to 2009.

In 1999, internet usage in Mexico was around 5%. After 3 years of slow growth, the percentage of internet users in Mexico rose moderately from 10% in 2001 to 30% in 2005. In the final 4 years of the period, it went up gradually and hit the highest point of approximately 40% in 2009.

Moving on, in 1999, the number of internet users in the USA was around 20% more than in Canada, at only about 10%. On the other hand, the figure for Canada increased sharply and hit the peak of 100% in 2009. The proportion of people using the Internet in Canada in 2009 had surpassed that of America, at about 75%.