The graph below shows unemployment rate levels in Ireland and the number of people leaving the country between 1988 and 2008

The given graph illustrates the unemployment rates and the number of individuals who migrated in a twenty-year period, between 1988 and 2008 in Ireland. In summary, the graph depicts fluctuations in both figures, despite some minor variations, an

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positive trend can be observed towards the end of the period.

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,

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the number of people leaving Ireland increased, the unemployment rate,

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, decreased. Regarding the levels

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joblessness, they started at their highest point in 1988, at roughly 17%, followed by a slight fall of around 4% in 1990, to nearly 13%. In the next two years, there was a minimal incline regarding the percentage of unemployment status, before experiencing a severe downfall in the year 2000, at roughly 4.5%, which is about one-fourth of the largest percentage in 1988.

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was followed by minor fluctuations until about 2007 when a rapid increase was shown in the graph, reaching approximately 10% in 2008. In terms of the remaining category, in the first two years, 40,000 Irish people were recorded to have left their country, with a subsequent significant increase to reach a peak of roughly 70,000. A reverse pattern was seen

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, with the figure declining significantly in the early 1990s and continuing to level off until 2004, at roughly 30,000.

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, in the final year, the number of emigrants climbed back to above 40,000.