The bar graph demonstrates the varying rates of unemployment amongst the females. The data was collected from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2013 and 2014.
Overall, the figures of unemployment can be considered reasonably low, from between 4.6% to 6.8% unemployed in both years and all four countries.
In 2013, England has the highest rate of female unemployment at 6.8%. In Wales, this figure fell to 5.4% unemployed. In the same year, Scotland’s rate of females out of employment stood at 6.1%, whereas is Northern Ireland the figure stood at 5.6%.
In 2014, three of the four countries saw an increase in employment for females that year. Only Scotland saw poorer rates of unemployment compared to 2013, increasing from 6.1% to 6.7%. England fell by 0.3% to 6.5% total unemployed in 2014. In wales, the figure fell by a similar amount and in North Ireland the total amount of women employed in 2014 was recorded at 4.6% the lowest total amount in all data shown.
