• Across countries, women’s labor force participation rates varied more than men’s rates. In Canada, the Scandinavian countries, New Zealand, and Australia, women participated in the labor force at about the same high rate as U.S. women. Italian and Mexican women had the lowest participation rates.
• Participation rates for men were 70 percent or higher in 12 out of 21 countries; the lowest rates were found in Italy and France.

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NOTE: 2004 for Singapore.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.