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The graph below shows the unemployment rates in the US and Japan between March 1993 and March 1999. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
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Sample Answer 1
The line graph compares the proportion of unemployed people in the US and Japan from March 1993 to March 1999. It is evident that the unemployment rates of these two countries changed oppositely – while it decreased in the USA, it increased in Japan.
The percentage of the US tended to decrease over the years. However, at the same time, unfortunately, Japan witnessed the rapid growth in the rates. Nevertheless, in 1999, both nations almost had the same percentage, which means the lowest figures of the US were equal to the highest ones of Japan.
In March 1993, the proportion of unemployment in the US was a bit off 7% whereas that of Japan was about 2.5%. It was marked in 1998 when Japan’s rate reached the highest point of approximately 5.2%. The contradiction happened to the US: its rate went to the lowest of 4.8%.
Although the processes of figures changing of these countries were totally opposite, the last numbers, amazingly, turned out to be extremely close. In March 1999, the rates of unemployment in the USA and Japan stood still at about 5.1% and 4.9% respectively.
[ Written by – Ha Nguyen Nguyen ]
Sample Answer 2
The given line graph compares the unemployment rates in the USA and Japan from March 1993 to March 1999. As an overall trend, the USA succeeded in decreasing its unemployment rate over time, while the scenario was utterly reversed in Japan despite its initial ignorable rate of unemployment.
As can be seen from the given illustration, the unemployment rate in the USA was just over 7% in March 1993, while it was less than 2.5% in Japan. However, this rate kept decreasing in the USA while it went up in Japan. In two years, the percentage of jobless Americans fall to just below 5.5% while it increased in Japan and stood at 3.0% at the same time. The opposite trend of the line graph depicts that the unemployment rate in the USA gradually declined while increasing in the case of Japan. The rates of joblessness in these two countries intersected between March 1998 and March 1999 when the unemployment rate in both countries was just about 4.5%. At the end of 1998, the percentage of unemployment among Americans became less than that of Japan. The data present that jobless people’s percentage in the USA was just above 4.0 in 1999 while this rate in Japan reached to over 4.5%, which was more than double than the initial rate of their unemployment.
[Written by – David Smith]
Sample Answer 3
The given graph compares the unemployment rates in Japan and the USA from 1993 to 1999. As is observed from the given graph, initially in 1993, USA has a higher unemployment rate than it was in Japan but in few years, the USA managed to control this rate and got in a better position than that of Japan.
According to the line graphs, the unemployment rate in the USA was over 7% in 1993 and over time this rate kept on decreasing. Finally, in 1999, the unemployment rate in the USA decreased to just over 4.5% which shows the improvement the USA had been able to achieve. On the contrary, in 1993, Japan had about 2% unemployment rate but that kept on increasing over the year and after 6 years it grew to just over 4.5%. Japanese job market showed a completely opposite trend than the USA job market.
In summary, the USA managed to control the unemployment rate better than Japan did for the given period though initially, Japan had less unemployment problem than the USA.
Sample Answer 4
The given line graph compares the unemployment rate in two countries: US and Japan from 1993 to 1999. As is observed from the given graph, initially the unemployment rate in the US was much higher than it was in Japan. But after a specific gap of years, the US managed to resolve the problem of crucial unemployment. Interestingly, after few years unemployment rate in Japan magnified significantly.
As is presented in above line graph, it can be seen clearly, in 1993, the unemployment rate in the US was precisely 7.0 percent, and after six years period, it slumped to approximately 4.5 percent in 1999. On contrary, in 1993, Japan was full of prosperity, and its unemployment rate was around 2.5 percent. Unfortunately, after six years, the situation changed entirely, and the unemployment rate in Japan surged to over 4.5 percent respectively. Interestingly, Japan’s job market showed the opposite trend to the US job market.
Ultimately, the US managed to overcome the problematic situation of unemployment in 1999. Apart from this, unemployment in Japan kept on soaring yearly and reached to 4.5 percent in 1999. Finally, the unemployment issue in Japan became severe compared to the USA.
[ Written by – Faisal Ali ]
Sample Answer 5
The diagram gives some statistical information about the unemployment scenario in Japan and the United States between 1993 and 1999. Generally speaking, these two countries showed a contrasting trend in their unemployment ratio between March, 93 and March, 99.
In 1993, 2.5% of Japanese could not find a suitable job, representing a 97.5% employment rate in this country. At that time, 7.0% of US citizens were unemployed. Over time the unemployment rate in Japan gradually increased while it decreased in the USA. After three years, March 1996 to be exact, unemployed Japanese increased by 1.5% and decreased by the same ratio in the USA. This pattern continued, and in the Mid-98, the unemployment rates in these two countries intersected at precisely 4.5%. Next year, the USA managed to arrange jobs for more unemployed citizens and thus decreased this rate further while it went higher in Japan. Interestingly, the unemployment ratio in the USA dropped significantly while increasing in Japan over the period. In 1999, just over 4% Americans were jobless while more than 4.5% of Japanese did not have a job.
[ Written by – Ahmet ]