The table compares nine different countries in unemployed rate of labour force in 1994 and 2004. Overall, four countries saw a increase in the figure over the 20-year period given, while other five countries made improvement, which the extent varies among the countries.
Focusing first on the countries seen a rise in unemployment rate, namely Poland, Germany, Australia and Japan, Poland witnessed the largest increase of about 7%; in contrast, the figure for Australia only slightly increased by 0.4%. Japan and Germany experienced simillar increase by 2.0% and 2.4%, respectively.
Focusing next on the countries which saw their rate decreased, Ireland improved the figure most significantly by roughly 10%. The figure for the U.K. decreased by around 5% over 20 years from 1994 to 2010, which is the second place among the countries given. Other three countries, namely Italy, Canada and the U.S., also had their rate improved by 3.4%, 2.9% and 1.8%, respectively.
