The divide in East and West Germany continues:
Although the disparity is marginal now, the two regions started
from dramatically different levels. In 1991, immediately after reunification,
the employment rate for women in western Germany was
54.6 percent, but since then it has increased year on year, reaching
67.5 percent in 2012. In eastern Germany, female employment initially
plummeted after the fall of the Wall but then sharply increased
again and, at 69.1 percent, slightly exceeding the western German
rate in 2012.