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.

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

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, 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

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Belgium

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recorded the lowest

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. Notably, a greater

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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

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

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

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and

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

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in the

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declined slightly from 38% to 36% and in

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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

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was closely followed by 79% in

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, 73% in the

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and 76% in

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. In 1970,

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and

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had similar trends, with

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observing the lowest

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at 19%.