2. The supplied bar graphs illustrate the information on the estimated age for ladies and gents for retiring in 6 distinct nations in the year 2004 and 2008.
Overall, the increasing trend was shown by the Sweden; whereas, an opposite trend was followed by the France for both males and females.
It is conspicuous that for males, in Denmark, the retirement age was 60 years in 2004 which further increased in 2008 by 1 year. In France, during the given period of time a sudden rise of about 1 year was visible. In 2004-2008, the steadiness was witnessed in Italy; however, in Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom a proliferate of 1 year was witnessed in the next 4 years.
Probing ahead, in case of females, a significant burgeon of 2 years was observed from 2004 to 2008. In France, the age of retirement remained static in both the years. Commencing from 2004, the leaving phase of jobs in Netherlands, Sweden and UK were 61 years, 63 years and nearly 60 years respectively; on the other hand, these stages upsurge for about 1 year in 2008.
