The charts below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000 The charts below show the percentage of men and women aged 60-64 in employment in four countries in 1970 and 2000

The bar charts illustrate the proportion of employed men and

women

who were 60 to 64 years old in four

countries

including

Belgium

, the

USA

,

Japan

, and

Australia

in 1970 and 2000.

Overall

, what stands out from these figures is that there was a decline in the percentage of working men in all four

countries

. Among these

countries

,

Belgium

witnessed the highest and

Japan

showed the least

rate

whereas

there was a rise in the

USA

and

Australia

in terms of

women

and the rest of

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reduced. Regarding Males, in 1970,

Japan

had the highest proportion of working males, which declined from 85% to 74% and remained at the top in 2000.

However

, the

rate

in

Belgium

decreased to 19% in 2000 from 79% in 1970.

Then

, the

USA

and

Australia

also

experienced a sharp decline in the

rate

of adult employment from 73% and 76% to 55% and 47%, respectively. Regarding

women

, the

USA

had a larger increase in

women

's employment in 1970, which was 36%,

then

rose to 39%.

Moreover

, there was a rise of 2% in

Australia

from 16% to 18% in 2000.

Nevertheless

,

Belgium

and

Japan

witnessed a decrease which was from 8% and 43% to 40%. Even though witnessing a drop,

Japan

stood top country among these in terms of aged

women

employment.