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

Germany, at 40.2 Year against 39.7 Year in Portugal as of 2025.

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

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

Portugal

39.7 Year

in 2025

Germany rank

9th

Portugal rank

11th

Germany currently reports 40.2 Year against 39.7 Year in Portugal, a difference of 0.5 Year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Portugal ahead.

Germany ranks 9th and Portugal ranks 11th of 35 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 1.

Decade	Germany	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
2000s	35.46 Year	36.51 Year	1.05 Year	Portugal
2010s	37.98 Year	37.19 Year	0.79 Year	Germany
2020s	39.47 Year	38.57 Year	0.9 Year	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher duration of working life, Germany or Portugal?: Germany, at 40.2 Year against 39.7 Year in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in duration of working life between Germany and Portugal?: 0.5 Year, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Portugal?: 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Germany and Portugal rank globally for duration of working life?: Germany ranks 9th and Portugal ranks 11th 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.