The graph gives data on the proportion of working individuals aged between 60 and 64 in the two years, categorised into genders and four nations.
Overall, the statistics for male workforce always outstripped those for females in all given countries. Additionally, the percentage of both genders experienced a downward trend throughout.
Regarding males, the employment rate in USA and Indonesia shared the comparatively same patterns in 1970, with 86 and 84 percent, respectively, which both then dropped moderately to nine-tenth in the next 30 years. The figure for Japanese working males went down from 76 percent to 63 percent throughout the period, while that for Belgium witnessed a drammatic plunge of 27 percent to 52 percent in 2000.
Concering females, the rate of employed Belgium individuals in 2000 also went down steeply, reaching just one-tenth compared to that in 1970. The proportion of Japanese working females experienced the most marginal decrease, which was 9 percent only, to 47 percent at 2000. Over the timeframe, the percentage of USA fell behind the counterpart of Indonesia, dropping from 78 and 65 percent, respectively, to 45 and 50 percent in the final year.