The line graph below displays the unemployment rates among university graduates in Australia, Canada, Germany, and Japan from 2000 to 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph illustrates the

unemployment

rates

among academically educated individuals in three European countries—

Spain

, Italy, and

Germany

—over a 15-year

period

starting from 1991.

Overall

,

Spain

consistently had the highest

unemployment

rate for most of the

period

, except for a two-year exception.

In contrast

,

Germany

maintained the lowest

unemployment

rate throughout the

period

. Despite fluctuations in

unemployment

rates

, the rankings of the countries remained mostly unchanged from 1991 to 2004.

However

, in 2004,

Germany

and

Spain

switched places, resulting in

Germany

having the highest

unemployment

rate, followed by

Spain

and Italy. It is notable that each country experienced significant fluctuations over time. Until 1997, all three countries showed a steady increase in

unemployment

rates

, except for

Spain

, which began to decline from 1995. After 1997,

Spain

and Italy saw a decrease in their

rates

,

while

Germany

experienced a sharp increase, allowing it to surpass the other two countries by the end of the

period

.