PTE Bar Graph Practice and Template

This bar graph shows the number of bike-share trips in Lakeford in four months of one year, in thousands. Trips were lowest in January, at around eighteen thousand. They increased to twenty-six thousand in April and reached the highest figure in July, at thirty-nine thousand. By October, the number had fallen back to thirty-one thousand, though it was still well above the January level. Overall, usage follows a clear seasonal pattern, peaking in summer.

This bar graph compares the share of households with a home garden in four districts, in 2019 and 2024. In 2019, Central had the largest share, at 35 per cent, while East was the lowest at 18 per cent. By 2024, most districts had increased. South rose the most, from 27 to 40 per cent, and became the highest district. North also grew, from 22 to 31 per cent, and East rose from 18 to 26 per cent. Central was the only district to fall, slipping slightly to 33 per cent. Overall, home gardening became more common across the area over the five years.

This bar graph shows the percentage of seabed covered by kelp canopy at five reef sites. Site D has the densest cover at 71 per cent, followed by Site A with 62 per cent. Site E is the lowest at only 19 per cent, which is 52 points below Site D. Sites B and C fall in between at 48 and 35 per cent. Overall, kelp cover varies widely between reefs, so local conditions clearly matter.

This bar graph compares average commute times in five districts of a city in 2015 and 2025, in minutes. Mill Lane had the longest commute in both years, although it fell from 45 to 39 minutes. Centre also improved, from 24 to 21, making it the quickest. In contrast, Harbour and Hillside became slower, rising by 4 minutes each, while Parkside stayed at 27. Overall, the changes were small and mixed.

This bar graph shows the share of small businesses in five sectors that accept card payments only, in 2020 and 2025. Every sector increased. Cafes saw the biggest rise, from 18 to 64 per cent, an increase of 46 points, and ended highest. Salons followed at 58 per cent. Markets remained the lowest, at just 19 per cent in 2025, up from 5. Overall, card-only trading is spreading, although unevenly.

This bar graph shows how many words, from a list of 15, participants could recall after different delays in a memory experiment. Immediately after studying, recall was highest at 14 words. It then fell to 11 after 10 minutes and 8 after 30 minutes. After 1 hour, participants recalled 6 words, and after 24 hours only 4, the lowest figure. Overall, memory declined steadily, with the sharpest loss in the first half hour.

This bar graph shows monthly electricity generated by the Brightfield solar array, in gigawatt-hours, for six months of the year. Output was lowest in January at 12 and rose steadily to 52 in May. It peaked in July at 64, more than five times the January figure. After that, it fell to 40 in September and 15 in November. Overall, generation follows the seasons, peaking in summer.

This bar graph shows the number of patents filed in Aldermoor in each decade from the 1880s to the 1930s. Filings began at 120, the lowest figure, and rose in every decade up to a peak of 520 in the 1910s, more than four times the starting level. After that, they fell to 460 in the 1920s and 380 in the 1930s, still over three times the first decade. Overall, invention grew rapidly and then eased.

This bar graph compares childhood vaccination coverage in six regions in 2018 and 2024, as a percentage. Alder had the highest coverage in 2024, at 90 per cent. Eastry made the biggest improvement, rising 18 points from 59 to 77. Dunmore was almost unchanged, at 88 and 89, and Fenn was the only region to decline, from 72 to 70 per cent, ending as the lowest. Overall, coverage improved in most regions.

This bar graph shows enrolments in seven language courses at Halden Institute. Spanish is the most popular, with 420 students, followed by Mandarin on 365 and French on 310. Japanese, German and Arabic attract between 150 and 240 students. Swahili is by far the smallest, with only 60, one-seventh of the Spanish figure. Overall, the three most popular languages account for more than half of all enrolments.

This bar graph shows how many fish species were recorded at four depths during a reef survey. Species numbers were highest at 15 metres, with 63. The shallowest site, at 5 metres, had 48, while 30 metres had 41. At 50 metres, the count dropped to just 22, the lowest figure. Overall, diversity peaks at mid-depth and then declines in deeper water.

This bar graph compares the amount of public green space per resident in six cities, in square metres. Elham leads clearly with 44, followed by Brecon with 32 and Dunmere with 26. Aston has 18, while Calder and Fordham are far lower, at 11 and 9. Elham therefore has almost five times as much green space per person as Fordham. Overall, provision is very uneven.

This bar graph compares average weekly rent for a one-bedroom flat in four cities in 2020 and 2025, in pounds. Oldbridge was the most expensive in both years, rising from 210 to 235. Tarvale was the cheapest, at 120 and then 135. The largest increase was in Kessing, where rent climbed by 43 pounds, from 135 to 178. Northam also rose significantly, by 40. Overall, rents rose everywhere, but at different speeds.

This bar graph shows average scores on a puzzle test for four groups of volunteers, according to how long they slept the night before. Those sleeping under 5 hours scored lowest, at 48. Scores rose to 57 for 5 to 6 hours and reached a high of 74 for 7 to 8 hours. The group sleeping 9 hours or more scored slightly less, at 71. Overall, moderate sleep is linked with the best performance.

This bar graph compares installed renewable capacity in Veldmark in 2015 and 2025, in megawatts, for five technologies. Wind is the largest in 2025, at 840, double its 2015 level of 420. Solar shows the most dramatic growth, from 90 to 620. By contrast, hydro barely moved, from 400 to 410, and biomass and geothermal remain small. Overall, wind and solar drive the expansion.

This bar graph shows the percentage of households in Calverton owning three types of device in four years. Television ownership jumped from 34 per cent in 1960 to 88 in 1980 and peaked at 97 in 2000, before slipping to 91. Landline phones followed a similar path, reaching 95 in 2000, but then collapsed to 48 by 2020. Computers were absent in 1960 but rose to 93 per cent by 2020. Overall, new devices spread while older ones decline.

This bar graph shows average weekly active minutes for workers in five occupations. Farming workers are the most active, with 310 minutes, followed by construction on 260. Retail and teaching sit in the middle, at 190 and 150. Office workers are the least active, at only 110 minutes, which is just over a third of the farming figure. Overall, jobs involving physical labour produce far more activity than desk-based ones.

This bar graph shows the average vocabulary size of children aged two to six in a language development study, measured in words. At age 2, children knew about 250 words. This rose to 600 at age 3 and 1100 at age 4. Growth continued to 1700 at age 5 and reached 2300 at age 6, over nine times the starting figure. The largest yearly gains, of 600 words, came after age 4. Overall, vocabulary expands steadily.

This bar graph shows the number of plastic items found per 100 metres of beach at five sites, before and after a clean-up campaign. Pier had the most litter and the largest fall, from 120 to 58 items. Sandgate dropped from 84 to 31, and Cove ended lowest, at 22. Marsh also fell, to 40. Point barely changed, from 38 to 35. Overall, the campaign reduced litter at every site, but the effect varied.

This bar graph compares daily tram passengers on four lines during peak and off-peak hours, in thousands. Line 3 is the busiest in both periods, with 52 thousand at peak and 30 thousand off-peak. Line 1 shows the largest difference, with 48 thousand at peak against 21 off-peak. Line 4 is the quietest, at 19 and 12. Overall, peak numbers exceed off-peak on every line, particularly Line 1.

This bar graph compares the export value of five sectors in Norvale in 2015 and 2025, in billions. Food was the largest sector in 2015 at 22 and remained narrowly ahead in 2025 at 21. Software tripled, from 4 to 12, the fastest growth. Textiles fell from 9 to 5, the sharpest decline. Machinery rose from 14 to 18 and chemicals from 11 to 13. Overall, exports are shifting towards technology.

This bar graph compares average memory test scores, out of 100, for four study methods used by volunteers. Spaced practice produced the best result, at 73, with self-testing close behind at 68. Rereading scored lowest, at 41, and highlighting only slightly higher at 44. The gap between the best and worst method is therefore 32 points. Overall, active methods outperformed passive ones.

This bar graph shows annual home solar installations in the Marlow region from 2019 to 2025. Installations started at 140 in 2019 and climbed every year to 530 in 2023. There was a very small dip to 520 in 2024, before a jump to 690 in 2025, the highest figure. That is nearly five times the 2019 level. Overall, demand for home solar has grown strongly.

This bar graph compares the number of printing workshops in five trading towns in 1480 and 1500. Aldburg had the most in 1500, with 34, up from 12. Corvin grew fivefold, from 3 to 15, the fastest relative growth. Bremwick rose from 8 to 21, and Dalmarsh, the leader in 1480 with 18, reached 26. Esken stayed at 5. Overall, printing spread quickly, but not to every town.

This bar graph compares average waiting times, in days, for five hospital departments in 2023 and 2025. Orthopaedics had the longest wait in both years, and it was the only department to get worse, rising from 88 to 96 days. Dermatology improved the most, falling by 12 days to 49. Cardiology and ear and throat also improved, by 7 days each, to 35 and 47. The eye clinic stayed at 37. Overall, waits mostly shortened.

This bar graph compares the percentage of text messages and work emails containing abbreviations across five age groups. Abbreviation use in texts falls steadily with age, from 71 per cent among 16 to 24 year-olds to just 14 per cent among those aged 65 and over. Emails show a far flatter pattern, staying between 9 and 21 per cent. The biggest gap is among the youngest group, at 53 points. Overall, writing habits depend on both age and medium.

This bar chart shows how many pottery fragments were recovered from five trenches at the Dunmere dig. Trench C produced the most, at 210 fragments, while Trench D produced the fewest, at only 45, so C yielded more than four times as many as D. Trench E gave 160 and Trench A gave 120, whereas Trench B was lower at 85. Overall, finds were concentrated in Trenches C and E, and the total across all five trenches was 620.

This bar chart compares wheat yields per hectare on four types of farm in 2015 and 2025, in tonnes. Conventional farms had the highest yield in both years, rising from 7.8 to 8.4 tonnes. Mixed farms showed the biggest increase, up 0.7 tonnes to 6.9, while organic farms rose from 4.1 to 4.6. Hill farms were the lowest and the only group to fall, slipping from 3.5 to 3.4 tonnes. Overall, yields improved on three of the four farm types.

This bar chart shows the average number of pupils per teacher at four school levels in 2015 and 2025. Primary schools had the highest ratio in both years, though it fell from 27 to 24, the largest drop of any level. Secondary fell from 21 to 19 and nursery from 13 to 11, which was the lowest figure shown. Sixth form stayed unchanged at 15. Overall, classes became smaller at three of the four levels, suggesting more individual attention for pupils.

This bar chart shows the number of parcels handled at a sorting depot on each day of the week, in thousands. Friday was the busiest day, at 61 thousand, while Sunday was by far the quietest at 14 thousand, less than a quarter of the Friday figure. Monday to Thursday stayed between 46 and 52 thousand, with Wednesday the lowest of those days. Saturday fell to 38 thousand. Overall, the depot is busiest towards the end of the working week.

This bar chart shows library loans in Aldmere by genre, in thousands. Fiction is the most borrowed genre at 48 thousand, well ahead of history at 26 thousand. Biography and science follow with 21 and 17 thousand. Poetry is the least popular at only 6 thousand, so fiction is eight times higher. Overall, readers clearly prefer stories to verse.

This bar graph compares heart rate five minutes after sprints for three training groups in week 1 and week 12. Beginners have the highest rates, at 128 and then 118 beats per minute. Elite athletes are lowest throughout, falling from 102 to 88. Their drop of 14 beats is the largest. Overall, recovery improved in every group.

The chart shows staff turnover by department at Corvane Ltd in 2023 and 2025, as a percentage. Logistics has the highest turnover in both years, though it fell from 26 to 20 per cent, the biggest drop of 6 points. Finance is lowest, at 8 and then 7 per cent. Support is the only department where turnover rose, from 18 to 19.

This bar chart shows the typical pH of six household liquids. Lemon juice is the most acidic, with a pH of 2, followed by tomato juice at 4 and black coffee at 5. Pure water is neutral at 7. Ammonia is the most alkaline at 11, nine points above lemon juice. Overall, the liquids range from strongly acidic to alkaline.

This bar chart shows reservoir storage at five catchments at the end of summer, as a percentage of capacity. Dunsford was the fullest, at 91 percent, followed by Ashby at 82. Brenmoor and Elmsley sat in the middle, at 64 and 58 percent. Colwick had the lowest level, at 47 percent, so it was the only reservoir less than half full. Overall, storage varied widely between catchments.

This bar chart compares average savings rates, as a share of income, across five age bands in 2015 and 2025. In both years, the savings rate rises with age. The highest rate is among 55 to 64 year olds, at 15 percent in 2015 and 17 percent in 2025. Most groups saved more in 2025, but the 45 to 54 group fell from 12 to 11 percent. The 18 to 24 and 55 to 64 groups each gained two points.

This bar chart shows how many bird species were recorded in five habitats. Wetland was the richest habitat, with 74 species, closely followed by woodland at 68. Hedgerow recorded 52 species and grassland 41. Urban gardens had the fewest, at only 29, so wetland supported more than twice as many species. Overall, the number of species falls steadily from the most natural habitats to the most built-up one.

This bar chart shows how many works were sold at an auction house, grouped by the century in which they were created. Works from the 19th century dominated, with 340 sales, followed by the 18th century with 210. The 17th century accounted for 120 and the 20th century for 95. Only 35 works from the 16th century were sold, the lowest figure. In total, 800 works were sold.

This bar chart compares the number of industrial robots per 10,000 factory workers in four countries in 2015 and 2025. All four countries increased their robot density. Oskeld led in 2015, with 210, but grew the least, by only 50, so Veldmark overtook it and reached the highest figure in 2025, at 310. Tarsis started lowest, at 40, and almost quadrupled to 150. Norvale rose from 85 to 190.