The charts illustrate the average age of men and women, who stopped working in different seven countries between 2004 and 2008.
Overall, we can see that the largest proportion of individuals who retired from work were men in five countries, while women accounted for a smaller share, only three countries. In addition, in France people stopped working earlier than in others countries, such as Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark.
Many men left workforce around 62 years old in Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark. In Germany, men stopped working when they reached 61 in 2004 and 62 years old. Itally and France had the lowest proportion of men who retired from work. In 2004, the middle age of men who lives in France approximately 59 and in 2008 about the same. In Itally only 60 between 2004 and 2008.
Many women stopped working at 63 years old in Sweden in 2004 and 2008. Denmark and Italy had the same proportion of women who left workforce-60. In Germany and the UK, women retired from work at 60-61.
