Band 6+: The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the ratio of unemployed women in four UK countries – England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – between 2014 and 2015.

Upon examining the bar chart, we can see that the percentages representing unemployed women were relatively similar across the four countries. Notably, England had the largest proportion of females without work over the two-year period.

In 2013, England had the highest rate of unemployed women, with 6.8%, followed closely by Scotland at 6.1%. In contrast, in 2014, Scotland had the highest percentage, at 6.7%, followed by England at 6.5%.

Wales had the lowest proportion of women without work in both 2013 and 2014, with rates of 5.4% and 5.0%, respectively. Furthermore, Northern Ireland reached the lowest percentage among the four countries in 2014, at 4.6%.