IELTS writing task 1

The two bar charts illustrate the percentage of total world oil resources and the relative annual consumption in different areas of the world.

Overall, it can be seen that the Middle East was the region with the biggest proportion of oil, while Asia and the US, followed by Western Europe were the main world oil consumers.

In detail, the Middle East held the highest percentage of oil resources accounting for 56.52%. The second highest area in amount of held oil (14.84%) was Canada.
In sharp contrast to this, the Middle East and Canada consumed only 6.15% and 2.48% of oil respectively.

Central and South America, Eastern Europe and Africa made up a percentage between 9% and 6% accounting for a consumption of 6.70%, 6.56% and 3.35% respectively.
Asia, the US and Western Europe were the countries with the least percentage of oil resources, followed by Australia and New Zealand and other countries, all of them making up a small proportion under 2%.
Even though Asia, the US and Western Europe were close to the bottom of the oil resources bar chart, they were at the top of the annual world oil consumption chart making up 26.21%, 25.48% and 19.24% respectively.