The supplied line chart compares the proportion of female employees in 4 nations, namely the US, France, Afghanistan and Korea, in 2 decades starting from 1985.

The given line graph depicts the allocation of workers in the US, France, Korea and Afghanistan over a period of 20 years.

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the other three countries' figures increased from where they started

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apart from that of Afghanistan which fell dramatically

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1985, the US and Korean percentages stood at approximately 45% and 20% respectively and these continued to experience an upward trend to the end of the provided

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. The US reached its peak of just above 60% employees in 2000 before a small drop to just below 60% in 2005.

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, in Korea, the employment rate steadily increased throughout the 5 years to just under 40%. France began with nearly 40% workers, the figure which deepened to about 30% in 1990,

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time the labour force increased gradually throughout the remaining years to settle off at just about 50%. As for Afghanistan, just over 30% of ladies had jobs in 1985 and

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number slightly rose to almost 40% in 1995 prior to a heavy fall of nearly no employment for women

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of the chart in 2005.