The bar charts illustrate the proportion of the 60-64 year old individuals, including men and women, who worked in four different countries in 1970 and 2000.
Overall, the employment percentage for men witnessed an upward trend in 2000 compared to 1970. Notably, it was Japan where the largest employment rate reported over the period, while the figure for Belgium experienced the most striking growth. Subsequently, the working patterns for women were highly different from that of men. Women aged 60-64 in employment in Belgium accounted for the lowest percentage, whereas that of Japan stood at the biggest rate.
In 1970, the percentage of men aged 60 to 64 in employment in four countries—Belgium. the USA, Japan, and Australia—reported 19%, 55%. 74%, 47%, respectively. This means that the employment rate in Japan was the greatest figure. In the following year, the figures experienced a considerable change, rising to 79% in Belgium, 73% in the USA, 86% in Japan, and 76% in Australia.
As for women, in the initial period, women’s labour percentage showed 7% for Belgium, 38% for the USA, 40% for Japan, and 18% for Australia. However, the figures underwent changing patterns. While Belgium and Japan witnessed an upward trend, reaching 8% and 43%, respectively, the employment percentage of remaining countries, USA and Australia, dropped slightly from 38% to 36% in the former and 18% to 16% in the latter country in 2000