The graph given compares the unemployment rate of 15-to-24-year-olds with the overall unemployment, measured by percentage in five European countries, namely Poland, Italy, Hungary, Germany, and Denmark in the year 2005.
Overall, the percentage of people without a job in the 15-to-24 age group and the general population in Poland were always highest, while the opposite was true for Denmark. Additionally, the proportion of out-of-work individuals aged 15 to 24 was higher than the overall jobless rate in the five surveyed countries.
In terms of the percentage of non-employment in the 15 to 24 age bracket, Poland had the highest proportion in this category, accounting for more than 35 percent. In contrast, this figure was the smallest in Denmark, with a rate five times lower than Poland’s. In addition, there were around 24 percent of jobless people in Italy, nearly double that of Germany. In Hungary, the amount of unemployment made up around 16 percent in the year 2005.
Moving to overall unemployment, Poland also had the highest amount of this figure, at 15 percent, which was five times higher than Denmark’s rate of around 3 percent. Additionally, the rates of non-employment of Italy and Hungary were similar, taking up around 8 percent and 6 percent respectively. In Germany, the overall unemployment rate stood at 10%.