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.

A glance at the graphs provided reveals some clear differences between the occupation rate of

men

and

women

between the ages of 60 and 64 in four nations in 1970 and 2000. In general, a higher number of both genders between the ages of 60 to 64 were employed in 1970,

while

, it decreased considerably by 2000. It is evident that

men

aged 60 to 64 occupation rate was by far higher than

women

in all four nations. Not surprisingly, 84% of Japanese

men

had the most contribution serving to society compared to three other nations.

Although

it experienced a slight fall to 76% in 2000, it was still the leader. Yet, by far the most significant change to take place was the plunged contribution of Beigium

men

aged 60 to 64 from 79% in 1970 to a mere 19% in 2000. In stark contrast,

however

, females aged between 60 to 64 were less occupied in comparison to

men

. 43% of

this

country's

women

were employed in 1970 and it dropped to 40% in 2000.

Nonetheless

, it was the highest rate in comparison to other countries. After that, American

women

were at the second stage in terms of having a job at 36% in 1970 and 38% in 2000. It seems that females in Australia and Belgium played the least efficient role in various occupations since

this

proportion was between 18% and 19% in the former nation and 7% to 8% in the latter one.