The bar charts show the employment rates of males and
females living in Canada, South Korea and Sweden in the years
2005 and 2015. Overall, over the observed period, there was an increase in the employment rates of both females and males in all three countries, with the exception of the Sweden’s male workforce. The increase in the female workforce was also more prominent compared to men. Regarding the male workforce, while Canada and South Korean experienced a rise in employment rate to 70% and about 78% respectively, fewer men in Sweden were able to find employment, making its rate dropped from roughly 80% to the same rate as Canada’s (70%) in 2015. This drop allowed South Korea to surpass Sweden as the country with the highest percentage of employed men in the later year. In terms of female employment rate, there was a raise in all three countries. Canada had the highest jump, from about 38% to approximately 55% in 2015. Meanwhile, both Sweden and South Korea’s female population had a small increase of about 5% in employment rate, reaching about 45% and 35% respectively at the end of the given period.