The graph below compares the percentage of unemployed workers in the European Union (all workers) with the percentages in the three categories, Professional, Manual and Self-employed. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the unemployment rates among four categories comprising professional workers, manual workers, all workers and self-employed workers in the EU from 1990 to 1999 . Overall, unemployment levels in the EU rose substantially before declining towards the end of the period for most categories, with the notable exception of self-employed workers, whose […]