Average exit age from the labour force by gender

Exit age weighted by the probability of withdrawal from the labour market

This indicator should be discontinued by the end of 2012. It may be replaced by 'duration of working life'.

The indicator gives the average age at which active persons definitely withdraw from the labour market. It is based on a probability model considering the relative changes of activity rates from one year to another at a specific age. The activity rate represents the labour force (employed and unemployed population) as a percentage of the total population for a given age. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey. The survey covers the entire population living in private households. The definitions used follow the guidelines of the International Labour Office

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Total
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	32.9	32.9	32.9	33.2	33.3	33.6	33.9	34.1	34.4	34.5	34.5
Belgium	30.2	29.5	29.7	29.9	30.5	31.4	31.5	31.9	32.1	32.1	32.5
Bulgaria	29.0	30.1	29.9	29.3	29.9	29.6	30.7	31.7	32.5	32.1	31.5
Czech Republic	33.6	33.4	33.4	33.3	33.3	33.7	33.9	33.8	33.7	33.9	33.9
Denmark	38.3	38.0	38.5	38.4	38.9	39.0	39.5	39.6	40.0	40.0	39.5
Germany	34.3	34.6	34.7	34.9	34.9	35.9	36.2	36.6	36.8	37.0	36.8
Estonia	33.2	33.0	32.6	34.2	34.0	34.1	35.2	35.1	35.9	35.8	35.5
Ireland	33.2	33.3	33.5	33.5	33.8	34.7	35.2	35.5	35.5	34.3	33.9
Greece	31.6	31.0	31.2	31.4	31.8	31.7	31.9	31.8	31.9	32.2	32.3
Spain	30.8	30.3	30.9	31.5	31.9	32.7	33.2	33.6	34.1	34.2	34.3
France	31.9	31.8	32.1	32.7	32.8	33.1	33.2	33.5	33.7	34.1	34.2
Italy	28.5	28.6	29.0	29.2	29.8	29.6	29.7	29.6	30.0	29.7	29.6
Cyprus	34.1	35.1	35.2	35.9	36.1	35.7	36.0	36.5	36.4	36.8	36.9
Latvia	31.8	32.2	33.5	33.0	33.5	33.3	34.0	34.8	35.8	35.2	34.5
Lithuania	33.6	32.9	32.7	34.2	32.7	32.0	31.6	31.7	32.3	33.1	33.2
Luxembourg	29.2	28.9	29.7	29.3	29.7	30.4	30.8	30.7	30.8	32.1	31.7
Hungary	27.5	27.5	27.5	28.1	28.0	28.4	28.7	28.8	28.8	28.9	29.3
Malta	28.8	28.8	29.1	28.6	28.0	28.4	28.5	29.0	29.3	29.8	30.2
Netherlands	35.5	36.1	36.7	36.9	37.2	37.5	38.0	38.7	39.4	39.8	39.0
Austria	33.5	33.5	34.1	34.2	33.6	34.6	35.3	36.0	36.2	36.4	36.3
Poland	31.1	31.4	30.7	30.5	30.3	30.6	30.2	30.2	30.6	31.0	31.5
Portugal	35.7	36.1	36.4	36.4	36.3	36.5	36.8	37.0	37.1	36.8	36.8
Romania	36.0	35.3	32.2	32.0	31.9	31.2	31.8	31.8	31.6	31.5	31.6
Slovenia	31.8	32.0	32.3	31.4	33.2	33.5	33.6	33.9	34.0	34.1	34.2
Slovakia	32.1	32.6	32.2	32.5	32.6	32.3	32.1	32.0	32.3	32.3	32.3
Finland	36.4	36.7	36.8	36.8	36.5	35.9	36.4	36.8	37.3	36.9	36.8
Sweden	36.8	38.3	38.4	38.5	38.4	38.9	39.4	39.8	40.0	39.8	40.1
United Kingdom	36.9	36.7	36.9	37.0	37.1	37.4	37.8	37.8	37.9	37.9	37.9
Iceland	46.2	46.2	45.7	46.2	45.3	45.0	45.4	45.5	45.5	44.3	44.6
Norway	38.9	39.0	39.2	38.5	38.4	38.4	38.8	39.5	40.0	39.7	39.4
Switzerland	39.8	40.1	40.2	40.3	40.1	40.1	40.5	40.9	41.2	41.4	41.4
Croatia	..	..	30.5	30.6	31.4	31.4	31.2	31.4	31.5	31.5	31.3
Males
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	36.4	36.3	36.3	36.4	36.5	36.7	37.0	37.1	37.4	37.3	37.3
Belgium	33.8	33.5	33.3	33.5	33.7	34.6	34.4	34.8	34.8	34.7	35.0
Bulgaria	31.0	31.5	31.3	31.0	31.5	31.3	32.2	33.2	34.2	33.9	33.0
Czech Republic	36.7	36.5	36.5	36.2	36.3	36.8	37.0	37.1	37.1	37.3	37.2
Denmark	40.2	39.8	40.4	40.5	40.8	40.8	41.1	41.3	41.8	41.6	41.1
Germany	37.7	37.7	37.7	37.9	37.9	38.6	38.9	39.2	39.4	39.4	39.3
Estonia	34.3	33.8	33.5	34.8	34.8	34.5	35.6	35.8	36.7	36.4	35.7
Ireland	39.4	39.4	39.2	39.1	39.4	40.0	40.4	40.4	40.3	38.4	37.7
Greece	37.8	37.3	37.3	37.3	37.3	37.1	37.2	37.1	37.2	37.1	36.9
Spain	37.0	36.7	36.9	37.2	37.3	37.8	38.0	38.1	38.3	37.8	37.6
France	34.4	34.4	34.6	34.9	35.1	35.2	35.3	35.5	35.7	35.9	36.0
Italy	34.8	34.7	34.9	35.1	35.5	35.1	35.1	35.1	35.3	34.9	34.7
Cyprus	40.1	40.3	40.4	41.1	41.2	40.9	41.1	41.0	41.0	40.9	40.6
Latvia	32.9	32.9	34.2	33.9	34.8	34.2	34.8	35.7	36.6	35.7	34.6
Lithuania	33.9	33.3	33.4	34.4	33.3	32.3	31.7	31.8	32.5	33.0	33.0
Luxembourg	34.3	34.0	34.7	33.9	33.8	34.4	34.4	34.1	34.1	35.8	35.2
Hungary	30.3	30.3	30.1	30.6	30.4	30.7	31.1	31.2	31.1	31.1	31.2
Malta	39.4	39.6	38.6	38.7	38.5	38.2	38.0	38.0	37.9	38.2	38.5
Netherlands	39.6	40.1	40.7	40.5	40.6	40.8	41.2	41.8	42.3	42.6	41.8
Austria	37.2	37.1	37.4	37.6	36.5	37.7	38.3	39.1	39.1	38.9	38.9
Poland	33.3	33.5	32.9	32.7	32.6	33.0	32.8	32.8	33.2	33.7	34.0
Portugal	39.0	39.2	39.6	39.2	39.1	38.9	39.2	39.3	39.4	38.8	38.5
Romania	37.8	36.9	34.2	34.2	34.1	33.5	34.1	34.2	34.1	34.1	34.2
Slovenia	33.6	33.9	34.0	33.1	34.8	35.3	35.2	35.6	35.4	35.6	35.7
Slovakia	34.8	35.2	34.8	35.1	35.2	35.3	35.1	34.9	35.2	35.2	35.1
Finland	37.3	37.5	37.5	37.6	37.3	36.6	37.0	37.4	38.0	37.2	37.4
Sweden	37.9	39.3	39.4	39.5	39.5	40.1	40.6	41.0	41.3	41.1	41.6
United Kingdom	40.3	40.0	40.0	40.3	40.2	40.6	40.8	40.9	41.1	40.8	40.7
Iceland	48.0	48.9	47.9	48.7	47.8	47.4	47.9	47.8	47.8	46.4	46.4
Norway	40.6	40.7	40.4	40.0	39.7	39.9	40.4	40.8	41.3	40.8	40.6
Switzerland	43.8	43.9	43.7	43.7	43.4	43.1	43.6	44.1	44.0	44.1	44.1
Croatia	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.4	34.2	33.8	33.4	33.8	33.8	33.5	33.3
Females
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
EU (27 countries)	29.2	29.3	29.5	29.8	30.0	30.4	30.7	30.9	31.3	31.5	31.6
Belgium	26.4	25.4	25.9	26.1	27.2	28.1	28.3	28.9	29.2	29.3	29.9
Bulgaria	26.9	28.6	28.5	27.6	28.3	27.8	29.2	30.0	30.6	30.2	30.0
Czech Republic	30.3	30.2	30.1	30.3	30.2	30.4	30.6	30.3	30.1	30.4	30.3
Denmark	36.3	36.1	36.5	36.2	36.8	37.1	37.8	37.8	38.1	38.3	37.8
Germany	30.8	31.2	31.5	31.8	31.8	32.9	33.4	33.9	34.2	34.4	34.0
Estonia	32.1	32.1	31.6	33.6	33.2	33.6	34.8	34.4	34.9	35.2	35.3
Ireland	26.6	26.8	27.5	27.7	27.9	29.2	29.7	30.4	30.5	30.0	29.9
Greece	24.7	24.1	24.5	25.0	25.8	25.9	26.2	26.2	26.3	27.1	27.5
Spain	24.2	23.5	24.6	25.4	26.3	27.2	28.1	28.8	29.7	30.4	30.9
France	29.2	29.1	29.4	30.4	30.4	30.8	31.0	31.4	31.7	32.1	32.3
Italy	21.9	22.3	22.7	23.0	23.8	23.7	23.9	23.8	24.4	24.2	24.2
Cyprus	27.9	29.5	29.7	30.4	30.7	30.1	30.7	31.6	31.8	32.5	33.0
Latvia	30.6	31.5	32.8	32.1	32.1	32.3	33.2	33.9	35.1	34.8	34.3
Lithuania	33.4	32.4	32.0	33.9	32.0	31.6	31.5	31.7	32.0	33.1	33.5
Luxembourg	23.7	23.6	24.5	24.5	25.6	26.3	26.9	27.1	27.3	28.2	28.1
Hungary	24.7	24.6	24.8	25.5	25.5	26.0	26.3	26.3	26.3	26.5	27.2
Malta	17.4	17.3	18.2	18.0	17.1	18.2	18.4	19.6	20.4	20.8	21.5
Netherlands	31.2	32.0	32.5	33.1	33.6	34.0	34.6	35.5	36.3	36.8	36.1
Austria	29.7	29.7	30.6	30.6	30.6	31.5	32.2	32.8	33.2	33.7	33.6
Poland	28.8	29.1	28.4	28.2	27.8	28.1	27.5	27.5	27.8	28.3	28.9
Portugal	32.2	32.7	33.1	33.4	33.3	34.0	34.3	34.7	34.8	34.8	35.0
Romania	34.2	33.6	30.2	29.8	29.7	28.7	29.4	29.3	28.9	28.8	28.9
Slovenia	30.0	30.0	30.5	29.6	31.4	31.5	31.9	32.1	32.4	32.5	32.5
Slovakia	29.3	29.8	29.5	29.8	29.8	29.2	29.0	29.0	29.4	29.1	29.5
Finland	35.5	35.8	36.1	35.9	35.7	35.3	35.8	36.2	36.5	36.5	36.2
Sweden	35.7	37.2	37.3	37.4	37.3	37.6	38.0	38.5	38.7	38.5	38.5
United Kingdom	33.3	33.2	33.6	33.5	33.8	34.1	34.5	34.4	34.6	34.8	34.8
Iceland	44.3	43.5	43.3	43.5	42.7	42.6	42.9	43.0	43.1	42.2	42.7
Norway	37.0	37.3	37.9	37.1	37.1	36.8	37.2	38.1	38.7	38.5	38.1
Switzerland	35.4	36.1	36.5	36.8	36.7	36.8	37.3	37.4	38.3	38.6	38.6
Croatia	27.6	27.6	27.6	27.6	28.4	28.9	28.9	28.7	29.0	29.3	29.2

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Source: Eurostat