The table compares the unemployment rate of nine distinct countries in two separate years between 1994 and 2004.
Overall, it is noticeable that while an upward trend was seen in the percentage of unemployment in the labor force of Ireland, Italy, Canada, the UK, and the USA, there was a downward trend in the figure for Poland, Germany, Australia, and Japan.
In the first years, the highest unemployment rate was witnessed in Iceland at 14.8%, which was double the rate of unemployment in Germany and the USA. Following the data for Poland, Italy, Canada, and the UK, which stood at 12.4%, 11.8%, 10.6%, and 9.5% respectively. In contracts, the proportion of people who are out of work in Japan was the lowest at 2.7% in 1994.
In the year 2004, while the percentage of jobless in Iceland experienced a sharp decrease to 4.4%, the figure for Poland increased significantly to 19%, becoming the country with the greatest unemployment rate. The data for unemployment in Italy, Canada, the UK, and the USA dropped slightly by 2-4%. Conversely, there was a growth in the unemployment rate of Germany, Australia, and Japan, ending at 9.4%, 5.4%, and 4.7% respectively.