The bar chart delineates the proportion of males and females at the age of 20-24 who are unemployed after graduating from schools in a certain European nation over a period of two years, commencing 2008.
Overall, men tend to experience a higher unemployment rate than women over the period shown. Additionally, despite some fluctuations that were recorded, the percentage of graduate unemployment was consistently the highest in October 2009 for both men and women.
Regarding the figures for men, about 10% of them had been unemployed in January 2008. This percentage exhibited a slight decrease to around 7% in April 2008, which sustained at this point until July 2008. Afterwards, this unemployment rate for men then increased significantly to roughly 17% in October 2008. While this figure had witnessed a slight decline to about 12 % to 13% and stabilize at this point until July 2009, it continued to surge to a peak at roughly 23% at the end of the period.
Concerning the unemployment rate for women, it still remained lower than that for males. This percentage began its period at only 7% in January 2008, which is then dropped slightly to around 6% in both April and July 2008. Subsequently, female’s unemployment rate had recorded a dramatic growth to about 12% in October 2008, before dropping progressively to the nadir of only 6% in April 2009. At the end, there was a recovery and a significant rise to the highest point at roughly 14% in October 2009, which is two third compared to that for men.
