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Which European Country People Work the Longest Time in?

Duration of Working Life (Total) (years), 2015

Labour | February 22, 2018

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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