Band 6+: The chart below shows the percentage of unemployed people aged between 15 and 24 in five European countries in 2005, compared with the overall percentage of unemployment in those countries.

The given bar chart illustrates the proportion of youth unemployment aged from 15 to 24 years old and the general unemployment view during 2005 in five European nations, namely Poland, Italy, Hungary, Germany and Denmark.

Overall, it is immediately apparent that the unemployment ratio of Poland took the lead, while a reverse pattern was seen to the lowest percentage of jobless in Denmark.

As can be seen, approximately 37% of unemployed young citizens in Poland, which witnessed the highest percentage in this period, followed by the youth unemployment rate of Italy, Hungary and Germany with around 22%, 16% and just shy of 15% respectively. By contrast, the unemployment proportion of people from 15 to 24 years old in Denmark only accounted for about 7% compared to others.

In terms of overall unemployment, the collected data displays Poland as the top of list with precisely 15%, where as Denmark shows the bottom position with 2.5%. The general unemployment percentage in Italy, Hungary and German fluctuated from roughly 7.5% to exactly 10%.