On women’s day, here is an interesting visualization by The Economist to show the role and influence of women in the workforce:

What is used:

• Big, bold, fat lines

• Color coding using a gradient based on the last available year’s ranking

• (Not visible on the static image) When you hoover over a line, it lights up with the rest being faded out

Lines that break the pattern will pop out (Israel, Hungary).

One caveat though, these are all 29 reasonably wealthy countries. The situation might be a lot worse in the other 150+ countries that are not on this list.