In 1993, 11% of the UK population was unemployed, slightly higher than that in the EU, at 9% whereas only 2% of the Japanese were jobless. By 1995, unemployment in the EU rose by 2% overtaking the figure for the UK, which fell by the same percentage points. Meanwhile, Japan underwent a 1% rise.
The figure for the EU kept rising until 1997 when it reached the chart-high of just below 12% before starting to decline steadily, ending at almost 8%, the highest in 2007. The UK, by contrast, experienced an uninterrupted decline till 2001, and having remained unchanged for two years as the country with the lowest unemployment rates, the figures rose marginally to 6% in the end.
Regarding the figures for Japan, there was no change in percentages until 1999, but the figures then doubled by 2003 and dropped to 4% in the last year, with the Japanese suffering the least from joblessness.
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