七个国家的平均退休年龄

Overall, men were generally older when they retired in all nations, and Swedish people recorded the highest age at retirement for both genders.

Overall, men were generally older when they retired in all nations, and Swedish people recorded the highest age at retirement for both genders.

With regard to males, the countries with the oldest retirement age in 2004 were Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK, with 63.2, 62.5 and 62.4 years old, respectively.

Following them were Denmark, Germany, Italy and France, with French men typically leaving the workforce around the youngest age of 58.5.

Four years later, the average age at retirement slightly increased across all surveyed countries, except for Italy’s, which remained stable.

There was no change in the rankings, while France continued to be the only country where males tended to retire before 60 years old.

Over the chart for women, Sweden and the Netherlands appeared to record higher levels in 2004 than any other country did, with 62.8 and 62 years, respectively.

Danish, Italian and French women’s age when they left the workforce was lower than 60, with France also witnessing the lowest data of 58.5 that year.

By 2008, all countries experienced minor rises in the age at retirement, except Italy, whose figure decreased, and France, whose level stayed unchanged.