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With a working life of 43.8 years, the Dutch are the hardest-working Europeans. A new study reveals Austria’s ranking in the EU.
As of 2024, the average European will have to work 37.2 years until retirement. Men will work for 39.2 years and women for 35.0 years, according to an analysis by the EU statistics authority Eurostat. This means that the working life has increased by 4.5 years over the last 20 years (in 2004, an employee spent an average of 32.7 years in the workforce).
According to Eurostat’s annual analysis, the Dutch are the hardest-working citizens in the European Union. They recently reached a working life of 43.8 years—6.6 years more than in 2004. The Swedes follow them with 43.0 years (+4.6 years), the Danes (42.5 years or +3.6 years), the Estonians (41.4 years or +7.5 years), the Irish (40.4 years or +6.7 years), and the Germans (40.0 years or +5.1 years).
Austria ranks 11th in the Eurostat rankings. Specifically, the average working life is currently 38.7 years (men: 40.4 years; women: 36.9 years), which is 5.5 years (men: +4.4 years; women: +6.7 years) more than in 2004. Romanians rank last in terms of working life expectancy. On average, they only have to work 32.7 years until retirement. Compared to 20 years ago, that is an increase of just 0.9 years.
Italians also work for a comparatively few years, with 32.8 years of work until retirement, followed by Croatians, Greeks, and Bulgarians with 34.8 years each, and Belgians (35 years).
The statistics also include the two members of the European Economic Area (EEA), Iceland and Norway, as well as Switzerland. In this extended ranking, Icelanders are the clear leaders, with 46.3 years, while the Swiss (42.8 years) and Norwegians (41.2 years) also rank above average in terms of diligence.
- source: heute.at/picture: pixabay.com
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