The table demonstrates the proportion of unemployed individuals in the labour force across nine nations in 1994 and 2004, measured in percentage.
Overall, it is clear that only three nations have experienced an increase in the number of unemployed people. Poland had the largest growth in jobless individuals, while Ireland showed the greatest drop of the unemployed.
In the 1994, Ireland had the highest portion of unemployed individuals among the nine countries, with 14.8%. Italy had 11.8% of jobless workers, The United Kingdom had 9.5%, while Australia had 7.2%, Canada had 10.6% and The United States of America had 6%. By 2004, these six states had a great downfall where Ireland, which decreased by 10.4% and Italy fell to 8.4%. Canada only reduced by 2.9% as well as The USA by 0.6%. The United Kingdom and Australia had the same percentage where they fell to 4.7%.
The remaining nations, Japan had the lowest portion of unemployed people, with only 2.7% in 1994 and it still remained as the lowest one in 2004 even though they risen to 4.5%. Poland, from 12.4%, rise up by 6.6%.
