The line graph illustrates the proportion of unemployment in the United States and Japan over the period of six years from 1993 to 1999.
Overall, the number of jobless workforce in the US was highest in 1993, which was decreasing gradually whereas unemployed Japanese citizens were fewer in the same year. However, the number rose steadily .
Americans were largely unemployed in March 1993, amounting to 7%, which fell gradually till 6 months and around July 1993, it increased to 6.5%. Despite of some fluctuations from 1994 to 1996, America managed to lower the rate of unemployment to 5% by March 1999.
In contrast, only 2.5% of Japanese manpower were unemployed initially. The proportion of workless Japanese rose dramatically nearly to 4.5% by March 1996. After a month or two, there was a marginal fall to below 4%. Regardless, it went up to almost 5.5% to intersect the level of US in mid year of 1998. By 1999, the rate of unemployment seemed to be equal for both the countries.