The bar charts illustrate the proportion of male and female employees aged 60-64 who worked in four given countries: Belgium, USA, Japan, and Indonesia between 1970 and 2000. Overall, it can be clearly seen that all countries experienced a declining rate of employment over time and males had a higher percentage of employment than females.
According to the graph, in Belgium, the percentage of male and female employment started with 79% and 63% in 1970 before significantly dropping to 52% in males and just only eight percent in females. Meanwhile, the highest percentage of employment rates were identified in the USA, accounting for 86% of males and 78% of females in 1970, declining to 78% of males and 45% of females in the next three decades. Both Japan and Indonesia faced similar patterns with the similar proportion of decreasing rate of employment during the given period of time, being 76% to 63% for male Japanese workers, 56% to 47% for female Japanese workers. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the employment rate of male and female started at 84% and 65% respectively in 1970, until 2000, it considerably dropped to 74% of males and 50% of females.
To sum up, while all given nations experienced a declining number of older workers during the given period of time, Belgium demonstrated the most significant decline rate of employment.