The bar graph illustrates what was the average retirement age for men and women in Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK, in two years 2004 and 2008. Men’s retirement age was higher than women’s.
Overall, Sweden accounts for the highest retirement age in both the years for both men and women, while the lowest age when men and women retire was in France.
It is clear from the graphs, the highest retirement age was 63 and 64 in Sweden for both men and women in years 2004 and 2008 respectively. This was followed by Netherlands for both boys and girls, but women age was lower than men, with 61 in 2004 and 62 in 2008. In boys, Denmark represents retirement age of 60 and 61 in years 2004 and 2008 respectively, while in girls this age was lowered by 1 year in 2004, which was 59, but in year 2008 this age was the same as boys.
In boys, the retirement age was around 62 in 2008 and 61 in 2004, which was slightly higher than women in the UK. Women accounted age of 60 in the year 2004 and 61 in the year 2008. In year 2004, men and women both represent age of 58 in France, while this age increased for men in the year 2008 and remained same for women. In men, Italy had the same retirement age in both years, with age of just below 60, while women had a retirement age 58 and 59 in years 2004 and 2008 respectively.