The graph depicts the percentages of employment across 6 nations, namely Australia, Switzerland, the UK, the US, Iceland, and New Zealand in the two years 1995 and 2005.
Overall, both men and women’s employment rates in all countries increased over the period. Notably, Switzerland and the UK had minimal differences between both genders’ employment rates, while other nations expressed a reverse pattern.
Regarding nations with less disparity between two genders, in 1995, Switzerland’s male employment rate started at roughly 65 percent, while that of the UK was lower at 55 percent. By 2005, both figures for Switzerland and the UK witnessed a growth in employment rates, reaching about 78 percent and 72 percent, respectively. Female employment rates for these two nations began at 50 percent and also rose to over 60 percent in the last year.
Concerning other countries, all of the nations experienced an increase of 10 percent in men’s employment rates, with Iceland’s figure peaking at roughly 82.5 percent in 2005. Similarly, that of women also went up, while Australia and Iceland had a moderate rise, the US and New Zealand ascended greatly by around 15 percent compared to the initial year.