The bar chart below shows the percentage of unemployed graduates, aged 20-24, in one European country over a two-year period. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.

A glance at the figure provided reveals information about the percentages of

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among graduates aged 20 to 24, in an unspecified European country from 2008 to 2009. The blue bars represent rates for men,

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the orange bars indicate rates for

women

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. It is evident from the information gathered that not only did the country experience less than 10% and 7%

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among males and females respectively in 2008 January, but it followed a declining trend to the end of the summer. Yet, the

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rate in the country climbed to more than 16% and 11% among males and females respectively from the beginning of autumn in 2008.

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saw a slight fall for almost one year forward, again in October of 2009 it soared to more than 22% for men and 14% for

women

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. Interesting to note is the fact that during the studied period,

women

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were hired almost twice as much as men. So, the

unemployment

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was lower among

women

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.