Duration of Working Life (Males) rose 0.568% to 35.4 years in Italy in 2015, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Duration of Working Life (Males) in Italy reached an all time high of 35.5 years in 2004 and an all time low of 34.7 years in 2001. When compared to Italy's main peers, Duration of Working Life (Males) in Austria amounted to 38.8 years, 36.6 years in France, 35.7 years in Slovenia and 44.7 years in Switzerland in 2015.
Italy has been ranked 25th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of Duration of Working Life (Males), 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Duration of Working Life (Males) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.4 | 38.5 | 38.6 | 38.8 | 39.0 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.7 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 34.8 | |||||||||||
| Croatia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.8 | 33.7 | 34.0 | 33.6 | 33.2 | |||||||||||
| France | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.8 | 36.0 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 36.5 | |||||||||||
| Germany | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.3 | 39.4 | 39.8 | 40.0 | 40.2 | |||||||||||
| Hungary | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.1 | 31.2 | 31.7 | 32.4 | 33.1 | |||||||||||
| Italy | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.9 | 34.8 | 34.7 | 35.2 | 35.0 | |||||||||||
| Slovenia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.6 | 35.9 | 35.1 | 34.9 | 35.1 | |||||||||||
| Spain | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.8 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 37.3 | 37.2 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.1 | 44.3 | 44.6 | 44.7 | 44.6 |
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