The bar charts given compare and contrast data on the changes in the percentage of 60-64 years old employees who were men and women in four different countries, namely Belgium, USA,Japan and Indonesia over a 31-year period from 1970 to 2000.
Overall, what stands out from the charts is that all four countries witnessed decreases in the number of employees in both genders, albeit at different rates. One more striking point to note is that the USA recored the highest proportion in both males and females for the majority of the period despite a notable exception for women in the year 2000, when the figure for females in the USA was slightly overtaken by those for Japan and Indonesia.
Regarding the year 1970, the USA and Indonesia led the highest percentages of male workers, standing at around 85%. Those were closely followed by the figures for Belgium and Japan which was 79 and 76% respectively. If we look at the figure for women, the USA still topped the list(78%),slightly surpassing those for Belgium and Indonesia, which range between 63 and 65%. This was trailed by the corresponding figure for Japan, merely 56% in the same year.
Turning to the year 2000, it is interesting to note that the USA still registered the highest figure in terms of male employees, declining to 78%. That for Indonesia ranked second(74%) while the corresponding figure for Belgium was the lowest , dwindleing to a low of 52% in this year. As regarded female employees aged between 60 and 64, Indonesia led the highest level, slumping by 15% to 60% in 2000. In stark contrast, the figure for Belgium was merely 8% in the same year, a substantial decline of 55%.