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

The line graph compares the number of unemployed people in three countries

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percentage between 1993 and 2007.

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experienced different trends in the UK,the EU and Japan in the given period.

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the percentages of

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in the UK and

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decreased significantly, Japan's percentages increased over time. As the graph shows, the UK experienced the highest

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in 1993, at about 11%.

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5% in 2001, and it was followed by a slight increase to 6% in 2007.Regarding the second largest percentage of

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, about 9% of European people did not work in 1993,

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figure increased gradually to just under 12% in 1997. Afterwards, the

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of EU countries started to decline , and it plunged to just under 8% in 2007. 

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of Japan experienced a gradual rise over the period. Only 2% of Japanese people did not have work in 1993,

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figure increased rapidly to 6% in 2003. Afterwards, it experienced a small decrease to 4% in 2007.