The given bar charts compare the proportions of male and female employees aged 60-64 in the labour force across four different countries in 1970 and 2000.
Overall, it is evident that the percentage of men and women employees in all countries witnessed downward trends in the surveyed years, with the most significant decrease seen in Belgium. In addition, the USA consistently had the highest labor rates throughout the period.
In terms of Indonesia, the proportion of men workers stood at 84% in 1970, substantially higher than 65% of their women counterparts. In contrast, there was a more balanced gender distribution in the workforce in the USA, with 86% of males and 78% of females in the same year. After 30 years, the percentages of male and female employees in Indonesia dropped dramatically to 74% and 50%, respectively. Similarly, there were decreasing trends in both genders in the USA, with a slight decline to 78% in men and a sharp fall to 45% in women by 2000.
As for the remaining countries, Belgium exhibited 79% of male and 63% of women workers in 1970, but these figures subsequently experienced considerable declines to 52% and only 8%, respectively, over the 30-year period. Likewise, a more slight downward tendency was observed in Japan in both genders, as the percentages decreased from 76% and 56% of working males and females to 63% and 47% after 30 years.