Band 6+: Task 1: The table below shows the percentage of the labour force unemployed across nine countries in 1994 and 2004. Provide an overview of the information by identifying and describing the key details, and include comparisons where appropriate.

The given table compares the proportion of the workforce jobless across nine distinct coutries from 1994 to 2004.

Overall, the figure that stands out in 1994 was Ireland while,after 10 years, Poland recorded to be the nation that has the highest unemployment rate in labour force.

To begin with, among the first 5 countries, in 1994, Ireland had the highest quantity of unemployed workers, roughly 14%. Moreover, although Ireland, Italy, Canada and the UK faced a downward trend in the number of jobless workers, this proportion of Poland recorded to rose significantly, from 12% to 19%, in 2004. Notably, this quantity of Ireland dropped by more than 3 times in 1994.

regarding the last 4 nations, in 1994, 7.2% of unemployed worker in the USA standed out among 4 countries. After that, this figure declined immediately in 2004, 5.4% which equals to the percentage of unemployment workforce in Australia in 2004. Furthermore, unlike the USA and Australia which reduced in the quantity of jobless individuals, this proportion of Japan and German faced an increase. Conspicuously, the number of unemployed people in Japan increased by almost 2 times higher than its in 1994.