The line graph compares unemployment rate in Austratia in 2012, distinguishing between rural areas and urban areas.
Overall, the unemployment rate increased in urban areas fluctuatingly throughout the year, while the rate of redundancy decreased slowly in rural areas. The unemployment rate of both areas came together at the same point.
In urban areas, the percentage of joblessness began at 2.1 in first quarter of the year and reached at 4% in the second quarter of the year. Although in the third quarter the rate dropped again to 2% and climbed sharply to around 5% in the last quarter of the year.
In the contrast, the unemployment rate started at around 6.6% and gradually fell down to 4.5% in the middle of the year in rural areas. The percentage of worklessness fluctuated throughout the second half year in rural areas. The downfall stabilized at 5% at the end of the year.
