The bar chart provides data on men and women workers aged 60-64 in the USA, Belgium, Japan and Indonesia over the period.
Overall, each country experienced substantial decrease in the percentage of employees from 1970 to 2000. İn both years the ratio of men was the highest in the Usa while figure for Belgium and Japan followed downward trend accordingly in 1970 and 2000. Additionally, the most significant difference in the late 20th century was in Belgian female workers over 60 years old.
In terms of Belgium, pattern of men workers was the under 80 % in 1970 and fell to about 50 % which was the same as Japan men workers in the beginning of twenties century. Furthermore, percentage of women groups started at just over 60 % in 1970, and dramatically dropped at around under 10% in Belgium. The quantity of women who worked at 60-64 ages halved from about 80 % to 40% in the Usa, however in Japan fell slightly from approximately over 50 % to under 50 % during the years.
On the other hand, Trend of elderly working people in the USA and Indonesia was the same (about over 80%) in the 1970, similarly both countries witnessed decrease accounting for between 70-80% in the following years. Considerably more than 60% of elder women worked in Indonesia in the early period and the number of them stood at precisely 50% in 2000.
