The line graph below shows changes in the youth unemployment rate from 2000 to 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares how the

unemployment

rate

among young people aged 15-24 changed over a 12-year period (2000-2012) in five European countries.

Overall

, the

rate

of

unemployment

grew noticeably in all European countries with the exception of Germany. Of particular note are Italy and Germany, where

unemployment

rates were highest and lowest respectively for the better part of the period. In detail,

youth

unemployment

underwent a drastic rise in Britain and Sweden. In 2000, the

rate

of

unemployment

stood at 10% in Britain, which had doubled by 2008.

This

figure grew to about 27% in 2009, but it had fallen to a quarter three years later.

Similarly

, Sweden

also

saw its

youth

unemployment

rate

climb ,

initially

the percentage stood at just over a tenth, and it had gone up twofold by the end of the period. The figures for the other countries

also

changed, albeit to a varying degree. The proportion of unemployed

youth

was just under 30% in Italy in 2000, which dropped to a fifth in 2008.

This

was followed by an exponential rise, hitting an all-time high of nearly 36% in 2012. The

unemployment

rate

among young people

also

went up in France, going from 20% in 2000 to 25% in 2012.

Finally

, despite some fluctuations, the

rate

of

youth

unemployment

remained unchanged in Germany, at about 10%.