Articles and Essays - Describing Statistical Change

Expressing movement: nouns and verbs

rose (to), a rise
increased to, an increase
went up to, growth
climbed to, an upward
boomed, trend
a boom (a dramatic rise)

fell (to), a decrease
declined (to), a decline
decreased (to), a fall
dipped (to)
dropped (to), a drop
went down (to), a slump (a dramatic fall)
reduced (to), a reduction

levelled out (at), a levelling out
did not change, no change
remained stable (at)
remained steady (at)
stayed (at)
stayed constant (at)
maintained the same level

fluctuated (around), a fluctuation
peaked (at) reached a peak (of)
stood at (use this phrase to focus on a particular point, before we mention the movement, for example: In the first year, unemployment stood at...),

Describing the movement: adjectives and adverbs

dramatic dramatically
sharp, sharply
huge
enormous, enormously
steep, steeply
substantial, substantially
considerable, considerably
significant, significantly
marked, markedly
moderate, moderately
slight, slightly
small minimal, minimally

Describing the speed of change: adjectives and adverbs

rapid, rapidly
quick, quickly
swift, swiftly
sudden, suddenly
steady, steadily
gradual, gradually
slow, slowly