Which has higher duration of working life, Germany or Ireland?

Ireland, at 40.7 Year against 40.2 Year in Germany as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Ireland?

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.

Germany

40.2 Year

in 2025

Ireland

40.7 Year

in 2025

Germany rank

9th

Ireland rank

8th

Ireland currently reports 40.7 Year against 40.2 Year in Germany, a difference of 0.5 Year.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 9th and Ireland ranks 8th of 35 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Decade	Germany	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
2000s	35.46 Year	34.6 Year	0.86 Year	Germany
2010s	37.98 Year	36.05 Year	1.93 Year	Germany
2020s	39.47 Year	39.3 Year	0.1667 Year	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher duration of working life, Germany or Ireland?: Ireland, at 40.7 Year against 40.2 Year in Germany as of 2025.
What is the difference in duration of working life between Germany and Ireland?: 0.5 Year, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Ireland?: 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Germany and Ireland rank globally for duration of working life?: Germany ranks 9th and Ireland ranks 8th 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.