The given bar charts compare the average retirement age of men and women in 7 countries by 2004 and 2008.
Overall, women had to retired from work earlier than men in every given countries. Notably, Sweden ranked first in terms of retirement ages for both genders compared to the remaining regions.
The average retirement age of male in Germany, Denmark, France, Italy stood by highest age is 60 years old and lowest is 58 years old in 2004, while in the 4 years later, the average age to retire rose for around 1 year with the exception for Italy to remain unchanged throughout the period. The left three regions, namely the UK, Netherland and Sweden were grouped as the countries had the highest retirement age for men in both 2004 and 2008, ranging from 61 to 63 years old in 2004 and approximately 62 to nearly 64 years old in 2008.
Italian women stepped away from their careers at the age of 57 in 2004 and it was even lower in 2008 with 56 years old. Denmark and France shared the fairly similar retired from work ages at around 58 years old in the both given times, as opposed to 57 to 60 years old in Germany. The two sexes’ stop working ages in the UK, Netherland and Sweden were 60, 61 and 62 years old in 2004, then went up for 1 year in 2008, making them the countries had the latest female’s retirement age over the 4 left countries.