The displayed bar charts illustrate the average retirement age of male and female in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK between 2004 and 2008.
Overall, the average retirement age of men witnessed a slightly increase. Also, the figure for women experienced the same as the figure for men. Additionally, Sweden was accounted for the highest age retirement both 2004 and 2008.
Regarding to the average age of men, Sweden was documented in the highest average age of people retired, commencing at just over 63 years in 2004, and increasing to 64 years in 2008. In Netherlands, Denmark and the UK, the average retirement age underwent the same slightly increase, from 62 years in 2004 to 63 years in 2008. The figure for German men increased, at 61 years initially, rising to 62 years by 2008. The average age of Italian men remained at 60 years. In France, the figure for men constituted for 58 years by 2004, which then rose to 59 in 2008.
Concerning the age retirement of female, the average age of women accounted for the highest in Sweden, starting from 63 years in 2004, and rising to 64 years in 2008, similarly to the figure for men. The Netherlands, which was constituted for 62 years of the average retirement age, rose to 63 years in 2008. The average retirement age of women in the UK accounted for 61 years, increasing to 62 years in 2008. In Denmark and Germany, the figure for women rose from 60 years in 2004 to 61 in 2008. France, which accounted for the remaining in the figure for women in both 2004 and 2008. The average retirement age of women in Italy witnessed a decreasing, which was reversed to the figure for men, starting at 60 years in 2004, decreasing to 59 years on 2008.
