The graph below shows unemployment levels in Ireland and the number of people leaving the country between 1988 and 2008.
The chart above illustrates the levels of
unemployment
and the number
of people
that leave a country in the period from 1988 to 2008. This
country is Ireland
.
Overall
, the unemployment
rate was about 17% in 1988, decreased to about 5% in 2000, achieving about 10% in 2008. On the other hand
, the number
of people
leaving Ireland
started at 40,000 in 1998, increased to almost 70,000 in 1990, then
depicted a decrease and after reached a plateau from the 1990s to 2004, when there was a new increase, achieved 45,000 people
in 2008.
It is possible to identify a correlation between unemployment
and migration. Generally, when unemployment
falls, the number
of Irish people
leaving the country falls also
. When unemployment
grows, the number
of people
leaving Ireland
is bigger.
Analyzing these 20 years, from 1988 to 2008, it is possible to affirm that the amount of emigrants from Ireland
has not changed a lot, however
, the unemployment
rate presented an improvement.Submitted by fmulato on
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