The line chart delineates the distribution of employment among women in the 15-64 demographic in five distinct countries (Iceland, Canada, Germany, Chile, and Turkey) from 2003 to 2009.
What is most striking when looking at the data is the overall changes in the proportion of women who have a job at 15-64-year-olds throughout the given timeline, with Germany and Chile saw an overall uptick, whereas Iceland and Turkey recorded a reverse trend, leaving aside Canada, which saw its figure quite stabilize. Notably, the figure for Iceland was overwhelmingly dominated by women in the workforce among other nations over time.
Looking first at Iceland, Canada, and Germany, the preeminence of employed women in the 15-64 age groups in Iceland was starkly evident from the beginning, comprising 80% of women in 2003, after which this number remained stable in the next 2 years. It then showed a slight decrease to reach nearly 78% by the end, still securing the leading country in women’s employment figures among other related countries. Meanwhile, in 2003, around 70% of employed women in this age cohort were recorded in Canada, while that of Germany was relatively lower than Canada’s figure by 10 percentage points. Subsequently, the data for these two countries saw an identical pattern in 2005, remaining at their initial level for both reference points. Canada increased marginally in the next 2 years, reaching over 70%, before its figure stabilized at the end of the time frame, whereas that of Germany saw a gradual rise to reach a total of approximately 62% in 2007.
Turning to Chile and Turkey, starting at roughly 35%, the proportion of the 16-45 bracket for women in employment witnessed a slight increase to nearly 40%, after which it plateaued at this level until 2009, higher than its original level by nearly 5 percentage points overall. Conversely, the most negligible part came from Turkey’s figure, making up only around 25% of women in this age group in 2003, followed by a steady decline to approximately 20%. This number thereafter leveled off and increased gradually to reach roughly 23% in 2009, becoming the lowest distribution regarding women, whose age ranged from 15 to 64, finding their jobs in all 5 nations.