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.

The bar chart shows the

unemployment

rates

among females in the countries that make up the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014.

This

graph shows that

while

the

unemployment

rates

among these countries decreased, it is not the case for Scotland. In 2013, England recorded the highest number of female

unemployment

rates

, recording the highest female

unemployment

rate in both 2013 and 2014 at 6.8%.

However

,

this

number decreased by three-tenth percentage point at 6.5%. Wales recorded the lowest

unemployment

rates

in 2013 among females, but

this

record was broken by Northern Ireland at 4.6%. In a one-year time frame, Northern Ireland was able to decrease their

unemployment

rates

among females by 1%, the lowest recorded among all.

This

show that Northern Ireland did everything it could to improve its

unemployment

rate among female, showing an improvement in gender equality in the workplace.

In contrast

, Scotland was the only country which has had an increasing percentage of unemployed women, an increase of 0.5% compared to 2013.