The provided line graph depicts a gender difference in terms of labor force participation. To illustrate this matter, data was used from 1992 to 2012 with percentage level from 0 to 45. In addition, lines are distinguished by 5 categories: World; USA, Canada & European Union; Latin America & The Carribean; South-East Asia & The pacific; Central & South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) & CIS.
Overall, it can be seen that only 2 regions have experienced high decrease: Latin America & The Carribean from roughly 39% to around 26% and USA, Canada & The Carribean.
At the outset, in 1992, Latin America & The Carribean have the highest level of gender gap amongst all regions. Having almost 39%, this continent diminished its difference between genders and in 10 years declined to 30%. In another 10 years, they experienced moderate decrease to about 26%, became virtually close to all other regions. Another notable region is USA, Canada & EU. While they already had the least percentage of gender gap in 1992, they still managed to drop the percentage from around to 15% in 20 years.
By contrast, Central & South-Eastern Europe & CIS also had somewhat low gender gap value in 1992 – only around 22%. Although this figure slightly decreased in 2002 by 2-3%, overall their percentage almost remained the same by 2012 – around 20%. Same pattern can be seen in South-East Asia & the Pacific. This region remained almost the same for 20 years. Having around 23-24%.
