Band 9: The line graph below shows the main reasons people gave for moving away from a particular capital city to the countryside. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph demonstrates the primary factors that motivated people to relocate from a specific capital city to rural areas between 1990 and 2010.

Overall, there was an upward trend for all three reasons. In addition, the rising cost of living was consistently the leading cause of relocation, while traffic experienced the most dramatic growth over the period.

In 1990, the rising cost of living was the dominant factor, with approximately 65,000 people leaving the city. This number rose sharply and peaked at just over 80,000 in 2000, before falling slightly to about 75,000 in 2010.

By contrast, both traffic and lifestyle started at a much lower level, with only around 20,000 individuals each in 1990. Over the following two decades, both categories increased steadily. The figure for traffic surpassed lifestyle in 2000 and then climbed substantially to reach about 65,000 in 2010, while lifestyle grew more moderately, ending at just under 40,000 in the same year.