Which has higher duration of working life, Iceland or Switzerland?

Iceland, at 46.5 Year against 42.8 Year in Switzerland as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Switzerland?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

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

Iceland

46.5 Year

in 2024

Switzerland

42.8 Year

in 2025

Iceland rank

1st

Switzerland rank

4th

Iceland currently reports 46.5 Year against 42.8 Year in Switzerland, a difference of 3.7 Year.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Iceland has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 4th of 35 countries.

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

Decade	Iceland	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
2000s	45.55 Year	40.46 Year	5.09 Year	Iceland
2010s	45.83 Year	41.91 Year	3.92 Year	Iceland
2020s	45.38 Year	42.56 Year	2.82 Year	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher duration of working life, Iceland or Switzerland?: Iceland, at 46.5 Year against 42.8 Year in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in duration of working life between Iceland and Switzerland?: 3.7 Year, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Switzerland?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Switzerland rank globally for duration of working life?: Iceland ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 4th 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.