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