The line graph provides information about the rates of employees in five various European countries that were ill and not able to work for a day or more over a period between 1991 and 2001. The data is calibrated in percentages.
Overall, the Netherlands has the highest rate of employee absence, while Germany has had the lowest and most consistent trend over the past decade. The UK followed a similar trend as Germany. Furthermore, France, Sweeden, and the Netherlands had fluctuations over the given period of time.
On the one hand, workers in Sweeden and France followed opposite tendencies. Sweeden showed an upward trend from 3% to 4.5%, rougly, however, France experienced a dramatic decrease from 5% to 3%. Moreover, the Netherlands recorded instability during 10 years by fluctuating from 5% to 4% in the first 5-year period and increased approximately 5.5% in the second half of the term.
On the other hand, the UK and Germany had an alike constant tendency, one of them was approximately 2.5% and the other was 1.5%, respectively.