The line graph compares the unemployment rates in the US and Japan, over a seven-year period from 1993 to 1999. Overall, in The first year, It can be seen that the percentage of people that haven’t a job was higher in the US than in Japan, but at the end of the period, that rate saw an approximate level.
Looking at the details, in the US the proportion of unemployment started at 7.0% in 1993, then there was a slight decrease over the next seven years, at which point it leveled off at 5.0%. On the other hand, the unemployment rate in Japan went in the opposite direction. The rate fluctuated around 5.0%, the same as the US until 1999. One interesting point is that reaching a peak of 5.5% unemployment rate in 1998 and ending then fallen.
Ultimately, the US managed to overcome the problematic situation of unemployment in 1999. Apart from this unemployment in Japan kept on soaring year by year and reached 5.0% in 1999. Finally, the unemployment issue in Japan became severe compared to the USA.