The charts below show the percentages of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000 Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The charts illustrate the percentages of employed 60-64 years old

men

and

women

in Australia,

Japan

, USA, and

Belgium

in 1970 and 2000.

Overall

,

Japan

has the highest

percentage

of

men

and

women

employed in 1970 and 2000

while

Belgium

has the lowest

percentage

of female employees in 2000 and the USA has the lowest

percentage

of male employees in 2000. In 1970,

Belgium

had the lowest amount of female

workers

with only 8%,

this

is

in contrast

with male

workers

with 79% in the same year. Australian male workforce tripled the number of female

workers

in 1970 with 74% and 18% respectively. In

Japan

and the USA, the

percentage

of employed

men

is double that of

women

with 84%

men

and 43%

women

for

Japan

and 73%

men

and 36%

women

respectively.

On the other hand

, in 2000, there was a decrease in the workforce of both

men

and

women

in

Japan

and

Belgium

. There was a significant drop of around 60% in

Belgium

from 79% to 19%.

Men

and

women

workers

in

Japan

had a slight decrease with only 76% and 40% left employed. Working Australian

men

also

had a significant decline of around 50%.

However

, both Australian and Japanese

women

had a slight increase with 19% and 38% respectively.