IELTS writing task1 #173 The bar charts below show the percentages of men and women in employment in three countries in 2005 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The graphs below indicate the rate of employed male and female in three countries in 2005 and 2015. Overall, the employed rates of male were higher than those of female in all the countries in both 2005 and 2015. The percentage of employment was higher in 2015 than in 2005 in both genders and in all the countries. All of them experienced the growth of female employment rates from 2005 to 2015. Sweden had the highest employment ratio in both genders in 2005 compared to other countries. Its employment rate was nearly 80% for male workers and about 45% for female workers in 2005. Yet, Sweden’s percentage of male employment shrank to 70% in 2015 though the percentage of female employment showed slight growth to reach 50% in 2015. South Korea went through a slight improvement of employment rates in both genders. For male, it extended from 70% to just under 80%, for female from 30% to 35%. Canada achieved the largest positive change in the employment rates in both genders over the 10 years. For male, it reached 70% from 60%, for female to approximately 55% from slightly under 40%. Practice example is from ielts-exam.net