The bar charts illustrate the proportions of male and female between 60 and 64 years old that had a job in four countries in two years: 1970 and 2000. Overall, while the percentages of employees in both genders in 2000 decreased, compared to 1970, the figures for men workers in this age group was always higher than women.
In 1970, the USA had the highest proportion in both male and females with 86% and 78%, respectively. The percentage of men aged 60-64 that were employed in Indonesia ranked second with 2% less than that in the USA, followed by Belgium (79%). Witnessing the same pattern of rank, Indonesia’s female figure was at the second rank at 65%, compared to that for Belgium and Japan, which were 63% and 56%, respectively. In other words, the biggest gap between male and female was recorded in Indonesia and Japan with around 20%, while the least gap was in the USA with only 8%.
In 2000, although all the figures decreased, the percentages of male employees in the USA and Indonesia were the two highest with 76% and 74%. However, Japan’s proportion surpassed Belgium’s with 63% compared to 52%. For the women employees’ percentages, Indonesia was the highest at 50%, 3% higher than the figure in Japan and 5% higher than the proportion in the USA. The most dramatic decline was witnessed in Belgium, which fell from 63% in 1970 to 8% in 2000, making it have the biggest difference between male and female figures with 44%, compared to Japan which had the lowest gap at only 16%.