In 2019, the employment rate for men aged between 16 and 64 in the United Kingdom was 80.3 percent, 8.3 percent higher than that for women of the same age group on 72 percent. By comparison the employment rate gap in 2000 was 13.3 percent, with 79.2 percent on men employed, but just 65.9 percent for women.
Employment rate in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2019, by gender
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