The line graph below illustrates tha percentage of wokers with illness absence in five European nations during 1991 and 2001. It can be seen that excepting Netherlands, France, and Sweden, all 5 countries’ percentages of worker with illness have not increased or even decreased.
In 1991, the percentage of workers with illness absence in Germany was 1.40%. It has increased to 1.70% in 1992, and then decreased, then increased again until 2001, it was 1.40%. Likewise, in 1991, there was 2.60% workers with illness absence in the UK and it has decreased into 2.30% in 1992, then increased again until 2001, it has been 2.50%.
However, in 1991, there was 3.00% of workers with illness absence in Sweden. It has gone up to 3.10%, then fallen again until 1995, it has begun to be increased from 3.00% in 1995, then turned into 3.20% in 1996, 3.50% in 1997, 4.05% in 1998, 4.20% in 1999, 4.50% in 2000, and finally reached 4.60% in 2001. Also increased, but France’s percentage of workers with illness absence has gone up from 5.00% in 1991to 5.20 in 1992, but then fallen to 4.10% 1993, 3.95%% in 1994, 3.50% in 1995, 3.20 in 1996, and then became 3.00% in 1997. After that, it hasn’t changed yet until 2001. Finally, 4.60% was the percentage of workers with illness absence in Netherlands in 1991. It has gone up rapidly to 5.50% in 1992 but started to fallen down slowly since then. In 1993, it was 5.30%, then became 5.80% in 1994, 4.40% in 1995, then 4.00% in 1996. After 1995 year, this data has increased back into 4.40% in 1997, 5.70% in 1998, 4.90% in 1999, 5.20% in 2000, and finally reached 5.50% in the next year.
Overall, we could see that the percentage of workers with illness absence in the UK and Germany hasn’t changed much yet. However, there had been being more workers with illness absence in Netherlands and Sweden.