The bar charts exhibit a snapshot of gender ratio in the workforce aged 60 to 64 in four nations including Belgium, the USA, Japan and Australia at two specific points, in 1997 and 2000.
From an overarching view, the gender disparity was crystally obvious, with the figures for male employment consistently predominating over those for females across all countries. There was a downward trend for both men and women from 1970 to the end of the period, with the exception of the number of the USA and Australian women that recorded a mild increase.
Specifically, in 1970, the percentages of manpower in four countries were approximately double those for womanlike personnels, which was the peak of 86% compared to 43% that both belonged to Japan. Moreover, as opposed to masculine staff between nations, the female’s graph depicted a significant variation in these portions since Japan and the USA outnumbered the other two nations with 43% and 36%, correspondingly, roughly quadruple those data of Belgium and Australia.
In 2000, despite a drop in the statistics of male employment in all areas, those figures still overwhelmed the ratio of female workforce at the same period, irrespective of the percentage sink of Belgium, at 19%. Conversely, the USA and Australia witnessed a slight rise in women worker proportion compared to data in 1970 at around 40%.