The two bar charts provide information on how many women and men aged to 60 from 64 worked in 4 countries in 1970 and 200.
Overall, although a reduction was observed in the percentage of working women aged 60-64 in every country, the sharpest increase was seen in Belgium over the given period.
In 1970, approximately 85 percent of between 60 and 64 aged men were employed in the USA and Indonesia, which was by far the highest one among the others. In Belgium and Japan nearly the same percentage of men had the job, making up just below than four-fifths. While the most proportion of women aged between 60 and 64 worked in the USA, accounting for around 80 percent, only just over half of women had a work. just more than 60 percent of women worked in Belgium and Indonesia.
In 2000, in Belgium the sharpest reduction was seen in the proportion of working women aged 60-64, decreasing around one in ten, which was by far the lowest one among the others. Not only was a decrease experienced in Belgium, but also in the USA, Japan ,and Indonesia, the percentage of working women decreased, accounting for nearly 40, 48, and 50 percent, respectively. While in the USA and Indonesia, most men aged 60-64 still had a job, constituting nearly four-fifths and 70 percent, in Belgium and Japan,around the same level of men had a job, decreasing just over 50.