The given diagram illustrates the data of employment levels among Australia, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK, New Zealand, and USA in 1995 and 2005.
Overall, the most noticeable feature is that the percentage of males was mostly dominated in both 1995 and 2005. Moreover, employment indicators of female were the lowest across six countries in 1995.
In 1995, male employment rates were notably high in Iceland and Switzerland, at approximately 70% and 64%, respectively, while the United Kingdom recorded the lowest point at just over 54%. By 2005, employment percentage of men gradually increased, however, rates in Switzerland and Iceland remained at the top – the former mentioned at around 65% and the latter reached the peak at over 84%. In addition, Australia had the lowest percentage at just under 70%, while remaining countries at above 70% in 2005.
Conversely, women’s employment rate touched the bottom in New Zealand and Australia at around 25% in 1995, and then slightly improved to approximately 39% and 40% in 2005. Switzerland had the highest female employment result at nearly 55% in 1995 and a little less than 70% in 2005.