The bar charts compare the employment figures for men and women in their 60s (60-64) in four countries in two years: 1970 and 2020.
In general, comparatively higher percentage of men who were 60-64 was in employment, whereas women of the same age were far behind. Notably, the U.S had set the record of employing 60-64-year-old men in 1970 ever observed in these charts. It is also apparent that the gender gap between employed elder men and women was wide, with men outstripping their women counterparts.
In 1970, employment figure for men who were 60-64 was relatively high (85%) in the U.S in contrast to that of women with about 79%. Indonesia ranked second, where the gender gap was much noticeable at just under 85% and 65%. Although there was no stark difference between the percentages of employed men in Belgium (79%) and Japan (75%), the former country hired slightly more elder women to that in Japan, just over 60% and 55%, respectively.
In 2020, there was a noticeable decline in general employment figures of people aged 60-64, with women in Belgium and other countries losing their employment status considerably. While men accounted for 50%, women were nowhere near, halving to 9%. By contrast, elder men in the U.S saw almost no change in employment, whereas the figure for their counterparts in Japan edged down to 61%. Not only did women witness rise in employment percentages in Japan and Indonesia, but they also were almost on par with that in the U.S, hovering around 50%.