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 given line chart illustrates the rate of unemployment in 3 geographical regions, between 1993 and 2007.

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, during the given 14-year

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,unemployment decreased in the United Kingdom and EU,

whereas

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in

Japan

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it increased.

However

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,

Japan

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had the lowest percentage of unemployed people throughout the given

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. In 1993, 11% of the population in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were not working.

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figure reduced sharply over the next eight years to almost 5%, by 2001,

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remained relatively stable to end the

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at around 6%. Compared to that, in 1993, unemployment was at 9% in the rest of Europe.

Initially

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, it rose to 11% by 1997, becoming the highest among all the three areas, and

then

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declined steadily over the next decade to just under 8% by 2007.

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,

Japan

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with only 2% of people being unemployed in 1993, were at the bottom .

Japan

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's rate doubled in the next 14 years to end the

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at 4%.