The bar chart below shows the percentage of unemployed graduates, aged 20-24, in one European country over a two-year period.

The presented graph depicts the changes in the

numbers

of European young adult alumni,

both

male and female, having no employment status between January 2008 and

October

2009.

Overall

, during these 2 years, male graduates'

numbers

,

as well as

female, had some fluctuations, which, in the end, led to a rise in the

numbers

of

both

non-employed groups.

Nevertheless

, the men were more affected by unemployment than

women

over the whole period. Some similarities in

both

sexes former students'

numbers

can be noticed. Between January 2008 and July 2009, the percentage of male unemployed graduates fell from 10% to approximately 6% and stayed at

this

level until July. The same pattern is seen in the female case, decreasing from roughly 6% to 2%.

Nonetheless

, in

October

2008, a boom in

both

men's and

women

's

numbers

followed the fall: the former percentage rocketed to slightly higher than 15% and the latter to more than 10%. The period from

October

2008 to April 2009 has some similarities as well: there was a drop in

both

genders alumni

numbers

. Yet the male graduate's

numbers

fall leveled off at the number of around 14%,

while

the female

numbers

continued their decrease and reached the same level as in April-July 2008 – approximately 2%. In July 2009, there was a dramatic rise to 10% in

women

alumni

numbers

. At the same time, the male former students' percentage went down to roughly 12%. In

October

2009,

both

groups peaked at over 20% for men and a bit less than 15% for

women

.