The given graph compares the percentage of workless people in the United Kingdom, the remaining of Europe, and Japan between 1993 and 2007.
Overall, the proportion of unemployed people in the UK and the rest of Europe witness a decrease over the period, meanwhile, the opposite is true for Japan. It is clear that the unemployment rates in the remaining of Europe experience the highest change.
In 1993, the percentage of workless people in the UK is the highest figure, standing at around 11%, while the proportion of unemployed people account for one-fifth of that. The figure of nearly 9% is witnessed in the rest of Europe. In 2001, the percentage of unemployment in the rest of Europe remain unchanged. The figure for the UK’s employment rates decrease dramatically of 4%; however, that for Japan see a gradual growth of around 3%, and they meet at 5%.
In 2007, the figure for the remaining of Europe is responsible for a gradual decline from about 9% to above 7%, which is the highest figure in the final year. The proportion of employment in Japan account for a half of the rest of Europe’s figure, merely 4%, while the figure for the UK increase slightly from 5% to 6%.
