The line graph shows the unemployment rates in three countries (the UK,the rest of Europe and Japan) between 1993 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The line graph compares the percentage of people who are unemployed in three different countries between 1993 and 2007.

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, in the rest of Europe and the UK ,

this

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proportion fell during 14

years

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in Japan it increased with some fluctuations. In the United Kingdom, it started at 11% in 1993,after it experienced a gradual increase to 5% during 8

years

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it stayed stable at 5% between 2001 and 2005,but after it grew suddenly to 7 per cent

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. In the rest of Europe, it was at 9% at the beginning,later it climbed slightly , just above 10 % in 1997,later it experienced a slight decrease to 10% in a one-year period before 2000,

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,

after

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this

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year it fell gradually to 8 per cent in 2001. During the 4

years

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, it remained the same,but

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it dropped to 7% in 2007.

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, in Japan, it started at 2% and had a slight change to 3% in 1995,and

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this

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year, it stayed stable for 4

years

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it climbed sharply to 5% in 2001 , and it experienced a slight increase to 6 in 2003

this

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percentage during

this

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4-year period decreased slowly to 4.