The bar chart compares the proportion of women who were unemployed in 2013 and 2014, among the four nations of the United Kingdom.
Overall
, the female unemployment Linking Words
rate
declined in all the countries except Scotland. Meanwhile, all nations recorded similar shares over the period.
Looking in more detail, England accounted for the highest Use synonyms
rate
of female unemployment in 2013 at 6.8%. Use synonyms
However
, Linking Words
this
figure slipped marginally to 6.5% in 2014. The percentage of unemployed women in Wales Linking Words
also
saw a small decrease from 5.4%, the lowest Linking Words
rate
in 2013, to 5% in the final year.
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In contrast
, Scotland had the second-highest share in 2013, standing at 6.1%. Linking Words
This
percentage Linking Words
then
rose to 6.7% in 2014, which was the only increase and Linking Words
also
the highest Linking Words
rate
in that year. Northern Ireland, Use synonyms
on the other hand
, showed a considerable fall of one percentage point, declining from 5.6% to 4.6%, the most significant drop among the four countries.Linking Words