INTERACTIVE: The growing gender gap among older workers

PETALING JAYA: In Malaysia, the number of women working well into their golden years is shrinking while more men stay in the workforce, highlighting a gender gap among older workers in the country.

Figures from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) show that the number of employed women aged 55–64 fell 17% to 339,600 in the second quarter of this year compared with 407,800 in the same period five years ago.