The graphs below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-4 who were employed in four countries in 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by slecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts illustrate the

proportion

of employed males and females from the age group of 60 to 64 in four different countries in 1970 and 2000.

Overall

, it is noticeable that there was an increasing trend in employment for both genders throughout the years. Japan maintained the leading country in terms of employment

rate

while

Belgium

recorded the lowest

rate

. Notably, a greater

proportion

of men remained employed than women in four countries. Looking at the data for the percentage of women who had a job, Japan witnessed the highest

rate

with 40% in1970, after that it slightly increased to 43% in 2000. Contrary to

this

,

Belgium

had the lowest figures over the period time which was 7% and 8% in 1970 and 2000. The

USA

and

Australia

have witnessed a downward trend for employed women at 60-64 aged, the

proportion

in the

USA

declined slightly from 38% to 36% and in

Australia

was 18% to 16% in the year 2000. Moving onto the bar chart for employed males, in 1970 the percentage of employed men in Japan was 74%, after which it experienced a gradual increase to 86% in 2000. In 2000, the

rate

was closely followed by 79% in

Belgium

, 73% in the

USA

and 76% in

Australia

. In 1970,

Belgium

,

USA

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the USA

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and

Australia

had similar trends, with

Belgium

observing the lowest

proportion

at 19%.