The column graph below shows the literacy rate of Bangladesh in different years.

The column graph below shows the literacy rate of Bangladesh in different years. Now describe the information available in the graph in your own language followed y a comparative analysis in words.

The column graph shows the literacy rate of Bangladesh from 1972 to 2012. In 1972, the literacy rate of Bangladesh was 47%. Within ten years of time it increased y 5% and stood at 52% in 1982. Then, there was a dramatic increase of 13%. It was 65% in 1992. But, through the next ten years it remained static. There was an increase y only 1% and it was 66% in 2002. Surprisingly enough, the literacy rate went downwards in the next five years. It slipped down to 60% in 2012. There was again a sudden increase of 15% within the next five years. In 2012, the literacy rate of Bangladesh stood at 75% which was the highest in the time-span of 40 years (1972-2012). The column graph illustrates that the literacy rate of Bangladesh steadily increased for the first 20 years and remained static for a period of 10 years. Then it went down only to have a sharp increase in the last five years.