The graph below shows female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the percentages of female unemployment in four countries of the United Kingdom in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, England recorded the highest figure, as the rate stood at 6.8%.

Scotland

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followed with 6.1%,

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Wales and Northern Ireland reported lower figures at 5.4% and 5.6% respectively. In 2014,

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, the situation changed.

Scotland

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experienced a noticeable increase, rising from 6.1% to 6.7%, and

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overtook England, whose figure fell slightly to 6.5%.

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, Wales showed a modest decline from 5.4% to 5.0%. Northern Ireland accounted for the most substantial change, falling by exactly 1 percentage point from 5.6% in 2013 to 4.6% in 2014, which was the lowest level recorded among the four countries.

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, the majority of countries witnessed a decline in female unemployment over the period, with the exception of

Scotland

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, which saw a rise. England and Wales showed relatively small decreases,

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Northern Ireland experienced the sharpest drop.

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,

Scotland

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was the only country where the female unemployment rate worsened between 2013 and 2014.