The bar charts give data regarding the average retirement age for males and females of six countries in two years: 2004 and 2008.
Overall, the retirement age for both genders was higher in the second year. Similarly, retirement age was mainly higher in the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK than other countries. Also, women retired earlier than men.
The average retirement age increased from 60 to 61 for Danish men in the course of 4 years, but women of Denmark retired 59 years old in 2004. By 2008, this figure grew by 2 years old, and as a result, the retirement age of women equalized to age of men. Males and females of France stopped working 58 years old in the first given year, and the retirement age of women remained in the final year, while men’s ages raised 59. Moreover, Italian men’s resignation age remained 60 years old in both given years. However, the resignation age of women jumped from 58 to 59 in the final year.
According to the other three countries, in the Netherlands, men retired 62 years old, and women stopped working 61 years old in 2004. These figures increased by 1 year old for both genders in the final year. Similarly, males and females of Sweden were retired 63, and this figure grew by 1 year old for both genders in the second given year. This column was the highest point by far the other figure on the chart. As for the UK, British males were retired 61 years old, whereas females retired 60 in 2004. However, as other countries, these figures grew by 1 age for both genders within 4 years.