Which has higher duration of working life, Denmark or Sweden?

Sweden, at 43.4 Year against 42.6 Year in Denmark as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?

26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.

Eurostat, published as Duration of working life. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark

42.6 Year

in 2025

Sweden

43.4 Year

in 2025

Denmark rank

5th

Sweden rank

3rd

Sweden currently reports 43.4 Year against 42.6 Year in Denmark, a difference of 0.8 Year.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 3rd of 35 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Decade	Denmark	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
2000s	38.89 Year	38.84 Year	0.05 Year	Denmark
2010s	39.02 Year	41.09 Year	2.07 Year	Sweden
2020s	41.3 Year	42.73 Year	1.43 Year	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher duration of working life, Denmark or Sweden?: Sweden, at 43.4 Year against 42.6 Year in Denmark as of 2025.
What is the difference in duration of working life between Denmark and Sweden?: 0.8 Year, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?: 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for duration of working life?: Denmark ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 3rd of 35 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Eurostat, published as Duration of working life. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.