The table illustrates how many unemployed people were in the labor force in nine certain countries in the years 1994 and 2004.
Overall, the unemployment rate in Japan was always the lowest, while Poland experienced the most people who lost their jobs. Additionally, there was a significant decrease in the percentages of unemployment in Ireland, Italy, Canada, the UK, and the USA in the period examined, whereas the unemployed labor force of Poland, Germany, Australia, and Japan recorded an increase.
Regarding the countries that had a rise in proportion, job losses in Poland were more remarkable than in all of the countries conveyed, rising from 12.4% to 19%, followed closely by Germany’s rate, which rose 2.4% in 2004. Unemployment in Australia and Japan experienced similar changes but to a lesser extent, respectively from 5% and 2.7% in 1994, to 5.4% and 4.7% in 2004.
As for the remaining countries, a downward trend was recorded in the period examined. The percentage of the labor force unemployed in Ireland fell considerably by more than 10% in 10 years, followed closely by the UK, by 9.5% to 4.7% in this period. The number of people who lost their jobs in Italy, Canada, and the USA changed to relatively similar extents, with a slight decline of around 2%, ending at 8.4%, 7.7%, and 5.4% in 2004.
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