The bar graph compares the proportion of men and women aged 60-64 who were employed in Belgium, USA, Japan and Indonesia in 1970 and 2002.
Overall, while male employment rates were consistently higher than those of female employment rates in both years across all countries, employment rates for both genders experienced decline over the 30-year period.
In term of male employment, USA accounted for the greatest employment rate at 86 percent in 1970, followed closely by Indonesia at 84 percent. However, this figures slightly dropped to 78 percent and 74 percent respectively in 2000. Furthermore, Belgium was the third largest male employment country in 1970 at 79 percent, employment rate significantly declined by 27 percent and reached 52 percent in 2000. In 1970, Japan had the 76 percent employment force. Although in 2000, Japan overtook Belgium as the third largest employment work force country at 63 percent.
When it comes to female employment, USA and Indonesia were the two largest country that hold highest women employment rate at 78 percent and 65 percent respectively in 1970. Even though Indonesia overtook USA as the largest female work force at 50 percent in 2000, Moreover, USA a became the third largest employment country with 45 percent. Japan experienced a work force decline from 56 percent in 1970 to 47 percent in 2000. Finally, In 1970 Belgium recorded for 79 percent, these percentage had fallen significantly to 8 percent in 2000.