The table shows average unemployment rates in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Europe (G4), for selected periods from 1960-2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the most important features and making comparisons where relevant. You should You should spend around 20 minutes on this task.

The table illustrates the average unemployment rates in four different regions, namely the USA, Europe (4), Japan, and Canada.

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, these data were recorded over the 60-year period from the year 1960 to 2020.

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period was divided into four parts, 1960-1973, 1973-1990, 1990-2000, and 2000-2020, respectively.

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, there was an upward trend until the year 2000 generally, with the exception of the USA, which presented a fluctuation between 1960 and 2000.

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with, the percentage of Europe (G4) showed the most significant increase during a 40-year period until 2000 (2.6 to 9.4 per cent),

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decreasing to 9% in the

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20 years.

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, Japan represented a similar pattern.

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, it changed slightly, climbing to 3.2% from 1.3% between 1960 and 2000

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declining to 2.8 per cent from 2000 to 2020. Looking at Canada in detail, the country was given the highest proportion of unemployment (5.1%)

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and gradually rose to 8.6% until 2000, ultimately dwindling to 15%. As for the USA, it fluctuated between 4.9 and 5.6% in the first three periods, increasing to 7.1% among the years of 2000 and 2020.