The percentage of women employed in four countries
The chart compares the proportion of women employed in the USA, Korea, Afghanistan and France from 1985 to 2005.
As can be seen from the chart, the number of employed women in the USA was by far the highest during the whole period. While the figures for the USA, Korea and France increase, the opposite was true for Afghanistan.
Looking at the chart in more detail, the amount of women employed in Korea experienced a gradual rise from approximately 20% in 1985 to about 40% in 2005. Meanwhile, there was a slight drop in France's figure from nearly 40% in 1985 to just under 35% in 1990, then recovered to 60% in 2005.
Starting at roughly 40% in the first year of the period, the quantity of employed women in Afghanistan experienced a slight growth from over 30% to under 40% in the year 1995, followed by a significant decline to only 2% in 2005, while there was a gradual increase of 15% in the USA' s figure between 1985 and 2000, followed by a mild decrease to nearly 60% in 2005, which was the highest among 4 countries.