The bar graph illustrates how the employment numbers of men and women in 6 different countries – namely Australia, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK, New Zealand, and the USA – changed from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, both working males and females witnessed a substantial uptick in their percentages, though the figures for the former were consistently higher. In this regard, Iceland was the country that showed the highest employment patterns for men, while Switzerland demonstrated the most significant proportions for women.
In 1995, Iceland recorded the highest employment rate for males at 70%, which was minimally higher than that of Switzerland at about 65%. The figures for the UK, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand, on the other hand, ranged from approximately 55% to 60%. Conversely, only Switzerland and the UK showed substantial numbers of working females (approximately 57% and 50%, respectively), whereas less than half of female dwellers were working in the other countries.
By 2005, the percentage of employed men rose in all given countries. Specifically, by increasing its share to a substantial 80%, Iceland maintained its leading employment position, whereas all the other nations, except for Australia, documented no less than 70%. Similarly, the proportions of female workers also grew across all 6 countries, especially in New Zealand, where it nearly doubled from around 25% to above 40%.