The line graph below gives information about the percentage of women aged 15-64 in employment between 2003 and 2009.

The line graph presents the proportion of working women aged 15 to 64 in five nations from 2003 to 2009.

Overall

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, Iceland consistently had the highest share,

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Turkey remained unchanged at the lowest level throughout the period. Women’s employment rate in Iceland levelled off at 80% from 2003 to 2007 before falling to approximately 78% in 2009. The percentage of Canadian women who had jobs was relatively stable at just under 70% between 2003 and 2005,

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stabilised at 70% in the following four years.

By comparison

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, Germany displayed a gradual rise from nearly 60% in 2003 to roughly 65% in 2009, narrowing the gap with Canada in the final year.

In contrast

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, the two remaining countries recorded much lower figures than the other three. Chile showed an increase of five percentage points over three years, standing at 40% in 2005. Its rate

subsequently

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stayed at around

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level until 2010. Meanwhile, the female workforce in Turkey slipped to just over 20% by 2005, held steady through to 2007, and recovered afterwards to reach 25% by the end of the period.