24. IELTS Writing task 1. Female unemployment rates in each country of the United Kingdom

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

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The given bar diagram outlines the percentage of females who were unemployed in four different countries of the United Kingdom—namely, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland—across two distinct years, 2013 and 2014.

In general, it is observed that both England and Scotland had the highest rates of female unemployment in 2013 and 2014. Interestingly, the percentage of female unemployment decreased in all the countries in 2014, except for Scotland, which saw an increase.

Delving into details, England, which had the highest proportion of female unemployment among the other three countries in 2013 at a notable 6.8%, managed to marginally lower it to 6.5% in 2014. In contrast, Scotland’s female unemployment soared from 6.1% in 2013 to 6.7% in 2014.

Wales and Northern Ireland, which had the lowest female unemployment in 2013 at 5.4% and 5.6%, respectively, managed to reduce their rates further in 2014—the former to 5.0% and the latter to 4.6%.

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