text: **In 2005, approximately 80 million women and 101 million men**were employed in the EU. This was 
  a rate of female workforce of 44.1%; in 2019, this rate went up to 46.1%, with 90 million women and 106 
  million men making up a total of 196 million workers. The employment rate of women between 15 and 
  64 years stood in 2019 at 67.9% and the employment rate of men at 78.9%.298 
  
  During the past 15 years the number of women in the Eurostat category ‘Employed persons’ (Employed 
  persons = employees and employers including self-employed) grew by 12.9%. The number of female 
  employees grew by 16.3% and the number of male employees by 7.8%. 