The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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in the countries that make up the United Kingdom, both in 2013 and 2014. There has generally been a small decrease in female unemployment rates from 2013 to 2014, except in Scotland. In 2013, 5.6% of

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in Northern Ireland were unemployed. The only country with a smaller

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of

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unemployed was Wales, with a rate of 5.4%. Both countries saw a decrease in the

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of unemployed

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in 2014. In Northern Ireland, the

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fell to 4.6% and in ,Wales it fell to 5%. England had the greatest

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of unemployed

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in 2013, with 6.8%.

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decreased by 0.3% in 2014.

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, Scotland was the only country which had an increasing

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of unemployed

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. In 2013, it had 6.1% of

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were out of work.

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increased to 6.7% in 2014, making it the country with the highest female unemployment rate of the four countries.