The table compares the unemployment rate among nine distinct nations in two separate years: 1994 and 2004.
Evidently, Poland, Germany, Australia, and Japan experienced an upward trend in the percentage of unemployed people, whereas Italy, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and the USA declined throughout. Additionally, Ireland was the predominant in unemployment share in 1994; however, this position was overtaken by Poland in 2004.
Regarding the escalating unemployment proportion rate categories, Poland demonstrated the greatest growth to 12.4% from 19%, making Poland from the second most unemployed to the most unemployed country. Furthermore, Germany rose significantly by 2.4%, commencing at 7%, while the increase of Japan was also a considerable 2%, which is five times as the boost of Australia, both finishing at 9.4% and 5.4%, respectively.
Concerning the remaining cohorts, contrary to Poland, Ireland exhibited the highest decrease of over one-tenth, with the initial figure of 14.8%. This was followed by the UK, which descended from 9.5% to 4.7%, reflecting a decline of 4.8%. Moreover, Italy was also felt by 3.4% from 11.8%. Meanwhile, the figure for Canada and the USA dropped nearly at the comparable proportion with 2.9% for Canada and 2.8% for the USA, corresponding to 7.7% and 5.4%, respectively.