The graph illustrates the amount of unemployed youth, aged 15-24, in five different European countries, namely Italy, Britain, Sweden, France and Germany from 2000 to 2012.
Overall, all the nations except Germany saw an upward trend, with Germany being the only one to decline a little and fluctuating as well. Interestingly, in the beginning Italy had more than double unemployed young people compared to Britain, but in 2006 and 2009 Britain managed to surpass Italy.
At the beginning of the period, in 2000, almost 30% were unemployed youth in Italy, which was the highest point in the start. Then in 2006 it leveled off at just about 20%, fluctuating until 2008. Then finishing at around 35%, which is the peak in the entire period. As regards Britain and France, Britain started at roughly 10%, while France was around 20%. In the following two years they were both at almost 20%. After that both of them saw a fluctuation until 2008, before peaking at 2009 at around 25%, ending at 23%. Sweden started at just more than 10% in 2000, then stayed stable 2004. After that it constantly increased, finishing at around 18%.
The figures for Germany had a different pattern compared to other four nations. In 2000, it started at below 10%, which is the lowest in the period given in question. The figure decreased even more in the next year, after which it climbed dramatically, reaching about 15% in 2005. Then it plummeted roughly 10% in 2008, then it had slight increase, leveling off at about 13% in 2009. In the following three years the figure saw constant decrease, finishing at about 8% in 2012.