The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the UK, the rest of Europe and Japan from 1993 to 2007.

The line graph illustrates changes in the proportions of unemployed

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in three different parts of the world from 1993 to 2007.

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Japan

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witnessed an upward trend in the unemployment rate, the opposite was true for the

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and other regions in the

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.

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noticeable is that there were significantly more

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in the

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being unemployed compared to their counterparts for the majority of the timeframe.

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, the percentages of

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who did not have jobs in the

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, the

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and

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were 11, 9 and 2

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respectively. After a slight growth, the figure for

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remained stable at 3% from 1995 to 1999.

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, there was a sharp fall in the proportion of unemployed

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to 5%, which was at the same rate in

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in 2001.

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in other European nations were unemployed most in 1997, at over 11%,

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figure dropped steadily to 9% in 2001. Regarding the remaining years of the period,

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the percentage of unemployed

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stabilized at 5%

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2005 and experienced a 1% rise

at the end

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of the period, that of

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hit its highest point at 6% in 2003 and still kept the lowest ranking in the chart in 2007, at 4%. Despite a steady fall, the

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became the region with the highest unemployment rate

at the end

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of the period, accounting for just under 8%.