The bar graph illustrates the average retirement age for men and women in Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK in 2004 and 2008. Men’s retirement age was higher than women’s.
Overall, Sweden accounts for the highest retirement age in both years for both men and women, while the lowest age at which men and women retire was in France.
In 2004, the highest retirement age was just below 63 which was same as women. This was followed by the Netherlands. In men, average age was 62, which was higher than girls, with age of 61. The UK, Demark and Italy represent higher retirement age compare to women, with 61, 60 and 60 respectively. Women only had 60, 59 and 58 in the UK, Demark and Italy respectively. Although France had same age of retirement for men and women, with 58.
In 2008, the retirement age was increased for both men and women, whereas for men in Italy and for women in France, this age was remained same. For men, Italy had retirement age of 60 and women had age of 58 in France. Similarly, Sweden, the Netherlands , the UK and Denmark men and women showed a increase in retirement age by 1 year , which was 64 for both men and women, 63 for men and 62 for women, 62 for men and 61 for women, 61 for both respectively.