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.

The graph given depicts the variations in

unemployment

rates across three areas: the

UK

, the

rest

of

Europe

, and

Japan

over the course of 14 years, from 1993 to 2007.

It is clear that

the jobless percentage in the

UK

followed an upward trend

while

the percentages in both the

rest

of

Europe

and

Japan

experienced a reverse pattern, with the latter being consistently the lowest throughout the period. In 1993, there were merely 2% of Japanese unemployed workers, a quarter of the approximately 8.5% observed in the

rest

of the EU. Topping the chart was the

UK

with a jobless proportion nearing 12%. Over the following eight-year period from 1993 to 2001, there was stability in

Japan

's

unemployment

rate after a marginal rise at 3.7% in 1995. Meanwhile, the

rest

of

Europe

's rate fluctuated noticeably, reaching a peak of 12% in 1997.

Conversely

, a precipitous decline of around 6% was witnessed in Great Britain's

unemployment

proportion. In the final six years, the

unemployment

proportions in both

Japan

and the

rest

of

Europe

experienced a steady decrease, ending the period at 4% and roughly 8% respectively.

In contrast

, the percentage of unemployed people in the

UK

plateaued at about 5.8% until 2005,

then

rising slightly to 6%

at the end

of the course.