Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2015, Iceland ranked the highest in Duration of Working Life (Total) with 46.6 years followed by Switzerland and Sweden. On the other end of the scale was Turkey with 28.0 years, Italy with 30.7 years and Macedonia with 31.2 years.
Data for more countries are available at Duration of Working Life (Total) indicator page.
| Duration of Working Life (Total) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.9 | 36.0 | 36.2 | 36.5 | 36.7 | |||||||||||
| Cyprus | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.8 | 36.9 | 36.6 | 36.3 | 36.3 | |||||||||||
| Czechia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.9 | 33.9 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 34.7 | |||||||||||
| Denmark | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.8 | 39.4 | 39.5 | 39.3 | 39.0 | |||||||||||
| Estonia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.8 | 35.8 | 36.0 | 36.2 | 36.5 | |||||||||||
| Finland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.9 | 36.8 | 37.2 | 37.4 | 37.2 | |||||||||||
| Germany | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.6 | 36.8 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.8 | |||||||||||
| Iceland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.3 | 44.6 | 44.4 | 44.4 | 45.5 | |||||||||||
| Ireland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.7 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 34.6 | |||||||||||
| Latvia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.0 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 34.8 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.8 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 39.5 | 39.7 | |||||||||||
| Norway | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.7 | 39.5 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 39.5 | |||||||||||
| Portugal | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.8 | 36.9 | 36.9 | 36.9 | 36.6 | |||||||||||
| Sweden | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.8 | 40.0 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 40.9 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.4 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.8 | 41.9 |
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