The graph given compares the 15-to-24s unemployment with the overall unemployment, measured by percentage in five European countries, namely Poland, Italy, Hungary, Germany and Denmark in the year 2005.
Overall, the percentage of people without a job in the 15-to-24 age group and the general population in Poland were always highest, while the opposite was true for Denmark. Additionally, the out of work individuals from 15 to 24 age, in terms of proportion, were higher than overall jobless in five surveyed countries.
In terms of the percentage of non-employment in the 15 to 24 age bracket, Poland had the highest proportion in this category, accounting for more than 35 per cent/ The largest jobless people between 15 and 24 ages was in Poland, accounting for more than 35 per cent/ with more than 35 per cent of individuals aged 15 to 24 unemployed. In contrast, this feature was the smallest in Denmark, with five times lower than Poland’s. In addition, there were around 24 per cent of jobless people in Italy, nearly double that of Germany. In Hungary, the amount of unemployment made up around 16 per cent in the year 2005/ Hungary recorded unemployment aged 15 to 24 rate of around 16 per cent. .
Moving to overall unemployment, Poland also had the highest amount of this figure, at 15 per cent, which was five times higher than Demark’s rate of around 3 per cent. Additionally, the amounts of non-employment of Italy and Hungary were similar, taking up around 8 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. Regarding Germany, this figure took up 10 per cent. / Italy and Hungary reported similar overall unemployment rates of approximately 8% and 6%, respectively. In Germany, the overall unemployment rate stood at 10%.