The table below shows the number of personal computers and mobile phones per thousand people in six different countries in 2010.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
| Country | Mobiles per 1000 people | PCs per 1000 people |
| Peru | 72 | 103 |
| Portugal | 107 | 220 |
| UK | 710 | 502 |
| Malaysia | 262 | 115 |
| New Zealand | 790 | 382 |
| Iceland | 910 | 413 |
Sample answer
The chart gives information about the ownership of personal computers (PCs) and mobile phones in six different countries in 2010.
Overall, more people owned mobiles than PCs, although that was not the case in all countries. With regard to the nationalities shown, New Zealanders and Icelanders had by far the highest ownership of mobiles, while the British owned the most PCs. In contrast, Peruvians had the lowest levels of ownership of both devices.
As far as mobiles are concerned, Iceland had far more mobiles per head of population than any other country, with ownership at over 90%, compared to just under 80% in New Zealand and around 70% in the UK. Mobiles were least popular in Peru and Portugal, where only 7% and 10% of their respective populations possessed one. Meanwhile, slightly more than a quarter of Malaysians owned a mobile.
Turning to PCs, the highest ownership was seen in the UK, where over half of the population had a computer. Iceland and New Zealand had similar levels of ownership, at around 400 per 1000, while those of Malaysia and Peru were relatively low at around 10% of the population. Finally, around one in five Portuguese people had a computer in that year.
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