When interpreting graphs, you may compare and

contrast different bars, changes and information from

There was a slight increase in … There was a sharp increase in …
the following aspects:
gradual growth in … rapid growth in …
slow rise in … dramatic/sudden rise in … 1. past, present, future tendencies
There was a slump in … There was a boom in… 2. positive and negative changes
… increased gradually ... increased sharply
3. different countries/cultures
… rose slightly … rose dramatically
… dropped substantially 4. cause and effect

There was a slight decrease in … There was a sharp decrease in … Look at the following useful phrases and employ them:
gradual decline in … slow decline in … Starting Cause
slow fall in … dramatic/sudden fall in … As we can see, (which is probably)
… decreased slightly … decreased sharply The graph shows due to
… declined gradually … declined dramatically Obviously, because of
Figures reveal as a result of
We can expect caused by
It seems clear that since
… fluctuated mildly … fluctuated wildly
It seems to me that owing to
Generally speaking which results from
These graphs are depicting resulting from
It reached its peak at X The first graph is about The reason for this could be
… dipped at Y More precisely, Which could be explained by
… spiked at X
Some explanation would come in
handy.
As regards
… stabilized It is not clear
… remained steady
… levelled-off There seems to be
After all,
And finally,
… peaked at X … bottomed-out at Y I would say that
… levelled-off at X … levelled-off at Y There must be some other reason
behind this.
Report changes in the following two sets of bar graphs and compare This means that
the data: And one more thing,
My point is that