Band 7+: The bar charts below show the percentages of men and women in employment in three countries in 2005 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Employment rates for males and females in 3 distinct countries are depicted on two bar charts representing 2005 and 2015. Overall, employment percentages for men on both graphs in all 3 countries are indicated to be relatively high. In turn, women’s proportion of employment in 2005 is indicated to be low. Nevertheless, by the year 2015, the index of employment for females increased a little.

In detail, except Sweden, the employment rates for males had increased, reaching significant indices of 70% and 77% in Canada and South Korea, commencing from 60% and 75%, respectively. In contrast, Swedish males’ employment index has diminished to the value of 70%, reaching its rock bottom and the Canadian men’s employment rate.

Furthermore, both charts illustrate an information about employment rates of women as well. It is clear that the values of the indicators had increased in all countries by the year 2015, growing by approximately 10% in Canada, and by 5% in both South Korea and Sweden.