The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the UK, the rest of Europe and Japan from 1993 to 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Contained in the line graph is information pertaining to the rate of

unemployment

in the

EU

, the UK, and Japan between 1933 and 2007.

Overall

, it can be seen that the

unemployment

rates of the

EU

and the UK saw a downward trend

while

Japan saw the opposite trend.

Additionally

, the

EU

's

unemployment

rate was the highest

at the end

of the timeframe. Beginning with the

EU

, unemployed people accounted for nearly 9% in 1993,

then

it saw a gradual increase to more than 11.6% in 1997 before witnessing a decent decline to approximately 7.5%

at the end

of the period. With regards to The UK, its rates stood at exactly 11% at the beginning before decreasing significantly to 5% in 2001,

then

followed by a plateau until 2005 and bounced back to 6% in 2007. Turning to the remaining category, Japan's

unemployment

rate was exactly 2% in 1993.

This

was followed by a significant incline to 6% in 2003 before dropping to 4% in 2007.