The bar chart below shows the percentage of unemployed graduates, aged 20-24, in one European country over of two-year period. Summerise the information and reporting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph compares the unemployment rates of male and female graduates aged 20–24 in one European country from 2008 to 2009.

It is clear that

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the percentage of unemployed male graduates was consistently higher than that of females throughout the period shown. Meanwhile, both figures fluctuated between 2008 and 2009. Looking at the graph in more detail, in January 2008, the unemployment rate for men and women stood at 10% and 5% respectively. Six months later, both rates declined to around 7% and 6%, which were the lowest points during the two-year period.

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, both figures rose sharply in October of the same year. The male rate increased to 16%,

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the female rate climbed to 11%.

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, in January 2009, male graduate unemployment dropped again, reaching 12%,

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the figure for females was approximately 9%.

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, a similar pattern occurred in October, with rates peaking at 22% for men and 19% for women.