Unemployment rate and the number of people quitting Ireland

The given line graph compares and contrasts statistics on the alterations in the percentages of unemployed individuals and the number of people going away from Ireland at the interval of two years each between 1998 and 2008. Overall, it is apparent that the unemployment rate underwent a drastic decline over the timeframe in question. What’s more, there were substantial changes in the proportion of people exiting Ireland during the surveyed timespan. In 1988, roughly 61, 000 Irelanders/Irish inhabitants left Ireland. Having decreased markedly by around 25, 000, the figure then slightly recovered to approximately 36, 000 people. Subsequently, the figure suffered a moderate downswing of as few as 8, 000 people before abruptly going up to nearly 50, 000 people in 2008. With respect to the unemployment rate, over 16% of the Ireland population was unemployed in 1988. After experiencing a noticeable decrease to just over 12% in 1990, the data rose suddenly by 2% in 1992. During the next 8 years, the data plummeted to approximately 2%, followed by a six-year period of stability. Nevertheless, the rate enjoyed a minimal upswing to 6% in the final year.