The Table Above Gives the Number of People Employed and

question 63

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array} { l c c } \hline { \text { Country } } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Employment } \\\text { (millions of people) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Unemployment } \\\text { (millions of people) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Canada } & 4.5 & 1.2 \\\text { Japan } & 64.2 & 3.2 \\\text { United States } & 133.5 & 5.9 \\\hline\end{array}$
The table above gives the number of people employed and the number of people unemployed in Canada, Japan, and the United States on the average during 1999. In 1999, the unemployment rate in was the highest and the unemployment rate in _ was the lowest.

• A)the United States; Japan
• B)Japan; the United States
• C)Canada; the United States
• D)Canada; Japan
• E)Japan; Canada

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