The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993 and March 1999.

The graph demonstrates the rank of worklessness in the US and

Japan

from

March

1993 to

March

1999.

Overall

, in 1993 the US index of unemployment was three times higher than

Japan

's. But now, the score is almost the same. In 1999, the result shows apply 7% in the

USA

and 2.5% in

Japan

. In the next two years, number of the jobless in

Japan

got increased,

while

in the

USA

it was decreasing. In

March

1996, the rate of

Japan

prevailed to 4.5%,

while

the

USA

got about 5%. Between 1996 and 1997

Japan

endured reducing, but again they gained more unemployed people than one year ago,

USA

still was losing from workless inhabitants.

March

1998, indicators of the two countries illustrate almost the same numbers.

Last

1999 year, the Japanese overtook Americans by a percentage of joblessness. Index describes that

Japan

had 0.0001% more than the

USA

had in 1999. The final percentage was about 5.5%