The graph below shows unemployment levels in Ireland and the number of people leaving the country between 1988 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features of the graph, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the difference between the number of people leaving Ireland and the rate of unemployment over 20

years

, starting from 1988.

Overall

, there is a

significantly

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decrease in the rate of joblessness,

while

the number of emigrants experienced different trends over the most of period. As can be seen from the chart, in 1988, people without a job in Ireland were at their highest level, at 17%. It presented a sharp decrease over the next two

years

;

however

, from 1990, it increased and

then

gradually dropped to around 5% in 2000. Over the next 8

years

, unemployment rates remained stable, ending the period at exactly 6%. Looking at the chart in more

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, regarding the number of people leaving Ireland, from the first four

years

, the figure plummeted dramatically from 60 000 to 40 000. After an insignificant increase between 1992 and 1994, the total of emigrants felt and maintained stable over the next 8

years

, reaching 2002 at its lowest, merely over 20 000. From that year onward, the emigrants figure steadily increased, ending the period at around

50 000

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50,000

.