The graph illustrates data about the rates of people who were unemployed in five different nations, including Germany, Greece, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2010.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that there was an upward trend in unemployment rates over the five-year period. However, the figures for Germany showed a dramatic fall at the end of the period.
In 2005, the United Kingdom and Ireland are two of the countries, which had the lowest unemployment rates, starting at 4% and 5%. On the contrary, the unemployment rates of Spain, Greece and Germany represented sightly higher figures, at 8%, 10%, and 12%. The unemployment rates of Ireland and Spain had greater changes, rising by around 2% and 3% in 2008, while the UK’s and Greece’s unemployment rates remained stable. On the other hand in Germany, the rate had a significant decline from 2006 to 2008, falling by around 7%.
The unemployment rates of Spain and Ireland had a dramatic increase by around 8 percent from 2008 to 2010. Spain’s unemployment rate finished at over 20%, becoming the country with the highest rate among five countries. Ireland started at the lowest rate in 2005 but reached at 14% by 2010, ranking second that was higher than the rest four countries. On the other hand, Germany’s unemployment rate declined at over 7% until 2010, while the UK’s unemployment rate still remained constant over the five-year period, fluctuating between 5% and 7%.