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The bar chart shows the employment rates of men and women in six countries, Australia, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK, New Zealand and the USA, in 1995 and 2005.
Overall, the employment rates for both men and women increased in all six countries. Men had higher employment rates than women in every country in both years.
In 1995, the male employment rate was highest in Iceland at about 71%, and lowest in the UK at about 55%. The other countries had rates between 57% and 66%. In 2005, all of these rates increased by around 12 to 18 percentage points. Iceland was still the highest at 83%, and Australia was the lowest at 69%.
For women, the rates were much lower. In 1995, Switzerland had the highest rate at 56%, while New Zealand and Australia had the lowest rates, at only 25% and 27%. In 2005, female employment increased in all countries. Switzerland was again the highest at 68%, followed by the UK at 63% and the USA at 61%. However, the rates in Australia and New Zealand were still low, at 39% and 42%.