Band 9: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below gives information about global population percentages and distribution of wealth by region. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of the world’s population and the distribution of global wealth across eight regions.

Overall, there is a significant imbalance between population size and wealth distribution in most regions. While regions such as North America, Europe, and Rich Asia-Pacific hold a disproportionately high share of global wealth compared to their population, developing regions including China, India, Africa, and Latin America & the Caribbean possess far less wealth relative to their population size.

North America demonstrates the largest disparity, accounting for around 34% of global wealth but less than 10% of the world’s population. Similarly, Europe and Rich Asia-Pacific each represent roughly 30% and 24% of global wealth respectively, while their population proportions remain at only about 15% and 5%.

By contrast, China, with nearly a quarter of the world’s population, controls just a small fraction of total wealth. India and Other Asia-Pacific regions display similar patterns, with population percentages close to 15% but very low levels of wealth. Africa and Latin America & the Caribbean also follow this trend, where the population share outweighs the proportion of wealth.

In summary, wealth is heavily concentrated in developed regions such as North America, Europe, and Rich Asia-Pacific, whereas developing regions with large populations hold only a minimal share of global resources.