The chart below shows the unemployment rate and the number of people leaving Ireland from 1998 to 2008.

The given graph depicts Ireland’s unemployed proportions and its emigrating quantity across a period of twenty years from 1988 By general observations, the percentages of unemployed workforce are seen having steep descents within the time span,

while

emigrant’s statistics showed strong shifts throughout the survey. In the first two years, the unemployment rate fell sharply by 4% from an initial 17%.

Although

lighter in tendency, the emigrating population saw a similar decrease from approximately 63

thousand

to 53

thousand

people during the same time. In 1992, as the percentage of unemployed individuals rose again to 15%, the emigration count presented a significant dip down to around 35

thousand

. From

then

, both the unemployment proportions and emigrating numbers lowered to roughly 12% and 29

thousand

in 1996 respectively, before the prior experienced another significant drop to 8% in 1998

while

the latter remained stagnant. From 1998 onwards, emigrants’ quantity took a slight decline by approximately 5000 people until 2002, as the unemployment rate followed a similar but more intense and prolonged tendency to a bottom 5% in 2004. In the final four years, statistics on unemployed people rose again to 6%,

while

emigrating reports began showing a two-fold elevation to 55

thousand

by the end.