The bar chart compares male and female employment rates among people aged 60-64 in four countries in 1970 and 2000. Overall, it is clear that more men worked than women in all countries. However, there were more employed elderly males in 1970 compared with 2000, while in the USA and Japan more females worked in 2000.
In Japan 85% and 74% elderly males, as well as 43% and 40% females were employed in 1970 and 2000 in respective order, which represented the highest figures among the other countries. Almost 79% of males aged 60-64 worked in 1970 in Belgium, which was roughly 60% more than in 2000. Moreover, not so many females were employed in both years (just 8% and 7% respectively) as males in Belgium.
By contrast, in the USA the percentage of working females aged 60-64 rose by 3% over three decades (from 36% to 39%). A similar trend was observed in Australia from 16% to 18%. Although in the USA and Australia there were 73% and 76% male employment rates in 1970, these figures fell to 55% and 47% respectively in 2000.