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The bar charts bellow show the percentages of men and women in employment in three countries in 2005 and 2015.

The bar charts bellow show the percentages of men and women in employment in three countries in 2005 and 2015.
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The bar charts compare the percentages of
men
 and
women
 in
employment
 in
Canada
, South
Korea
 and Sweden between 2005 and 2015.
It is clear that
 the highest
employment
rate
 was in Sweden
overall
,
while
 the lowest
employment
rate
 was in
Canada
.
Overall
, males had the highest
employment
rate
,
while
 females had the lowest.
Employment
rates
 were about the same across countries and
gender
Fix the agreement mistake
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both
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years
. Sweden had the highest
employment
rate
 among
men
 and
women
overall
; more than 70% of Swedish
men
 were employed and more than 45% of Swedish
women
 were employed
both
years
.
By contrast
,
Canada
 had lower
employment
rates
; in 2005, 35% of
women
 and 61% of
men
 were employed. In 2015, 55% of
women
 and 75% of
men
 were employed. South
Korea
,
on the other hand
, had high
employment
rates
 for
men
, about 75% in
both
years
, and low
employment
rates
 for
women
, about 30-35% in
both
years
. In every country in 2005 and 2015,
men
 had higher percentages of
employment
 than
women
, sometimes more than a 42% difference, which was seen in South
Korea
 in 2005. The percentages were closer in
Canada
 in 2015, where 55% of
women
 worked and 70% of
men
 (only a 15% difference). The percentage of working
women
 across all countries was slightly higher in 2015 than in 2005, from 32% of working
women
 in South
Korea
 to 52% of working
women
 in
Canada
.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words men, women, employment, canada, korea, rate, rates, both, years with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "percentages" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "difference" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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