Duration of Working Life (Total) rose 0.273% to 36.7 years in Austria in 2015, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Duration of Working Life (Total) in Austria reached an all time high of 36.7 years in 2015 and an all time low of 33.2 years in 2004. When compared to Austria's main peers, Duration of Working Life (Total) in Germany amounted to 38.0 years, 32.6 years in Hungary, 30.7 years in Italy and 42.5 years in Switzerland in 2015.
Austria has been ranked 11th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of Duration of Working Life (Total), 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.1 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 32.2 | 32.5 | |||||||||||
| Czechia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.9 | 33.9 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 34.7 | |||||||||||
| France | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.9 | 34.0 | 34.1 | 34.5 | 34.7 | |||||||||||
| Germany | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.6 | 36.8 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.8 | |||||||||||
| Hungary | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.8 | 29.2 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 30.8 | |||||||||||
| Italy | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 30.3 | |||||||||||
| Poland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.0 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 32.2 | |||||||||||
| Slovakia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.3 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 32.8 | 33.0 | |||||||||||
| Slovenia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.1 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 33.7 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.4 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 41.8 | 41.9 |
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