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

unemployment

among graduates of 20 to 24 years old, in an unknown European country from 2008 to 2009. The blue bars illustrate these rates for men

while

the orange bars indicate them for

women

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

unemployment

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

unemployment

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

Although

unemployment

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

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

women

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

unemployment

was lower among

women