(14 November 2016) – The expected duration of working life in the European Union stood at 35.4 years on average in 2015, up by 1.9 years compared with 2005.
In detail over this 10-year period, duration of working life has increased more rapidly for women (32.8 years in 2015 compared with 30.2 years in 2005, or +2.6 years) than for men (37.9 years in 2015 vs. 36.7 years in 2005, or +1.2 year).
Between 2005 and 2015, the expected duration of working life has increased in all EU Member States, albeit to different extents.
Among the EU Member States, working life in 2015 was expected to be longest on average in Sweden (41.2 years) and shortest in Italy (30.7 years).