The bar charts compare the percentage of male and female employees from 60 to 64 years old in different four countries in 1970 and 2000.
Overall, all countries saw decreasing trends in 60-64 aged people’s employment rate from 1970 to 2000. It is also worth mentioning that in both years, all countries employed more men than women. The US was a leading country in employing males in comparison with other countries in both years, whereas it gave the domination of employing females to Indonesia in 2000.
Notably, the employment of both genders in the US was remarkably higher than other countries in the initial year: more than 85 percent of males aged 60 to 64 and nearly 80 percent of females were hired. Then, in the next year, these numbers dropped to 80 and 40, respectively. 80 percent of men and 60 percent of women were employed in Belgium. In the second given years, the number decreased to 50 percent for men. They nearly stopped hiring women; the percentage of women employment dropped to 10 percent, showing the biggest decrease of 50 percent.
Looking at figures of Japan and Indonesia, both countries showed a downward trend. The rate of women employment decreased to around 50 percent in both countries from around 60. When it comes to male employment, Japan underwent about 30 percent reduction to 50 in the final year while Indonesia experienced a slight fall to 70 percent.