The given bar charts compare the information about average retirement age between two genders in seven different countries in 2004 and 2008.
Overall, it is clear that in both years men were tend to retire later in comparison with woman in all countries. Also the average retirement age rose slightly over the period. Sweden and Netherlands made the biggest figure for both genders. while Italy and France had the lowest statistics.
In terms of men. retirement ages ranged from 58 in France to almost 64 in Sweden. In 2004 French and Italian man retired at age 58 and 60, respectively. The figure for the Netherlands, the UK, the Denmark were close to each other and made up 62 and 63 years, while the highest average retirement age was observed in Sweden and accounted approximately for 63 years old. By 2008, in all countries despite Italy, retirement age increased slightly. Sweden rose to about 64 years, maintaining its position as a highest figure. The Netherlands, the UK and the Denmark had growth to about 63 years. The lowest figure was experienced in France and constituted for 59 years.
Regarding women, the data was almost the same as for men with slight shifts. In 2004, Swedish women retired at around 63 years old, which was still the highest figure among other counties. While the Netherland and the UK showed almost the same figure at age 62, German and Denmark woman retired slightly earlier at age 60. The France and Italy had the lowest retirement age 58 and 60 years, respectively. By 2008, there only modest increases were recorded in most countries despite Italy. Particularly in the Denmark, the Netherland, the UK, were data rose at by one year. Retirement age for Swedish women accounted for 63 years, which was significantly higher than French women at age 59.