the chart below shows the average age of men and women who retired from work in 7 countries in 2004 and 2008.

The given bar chart presents two bar graphs delineating the average

retirement

age

of

men

and

women

across seven different countries in 2004 and 2008. Upon analysis, there was a general upward trend in the average

retirement

age

for both genders in the majority of countries, with the exception of Italy, where the

retirement

age

for

men

remained stagnant but decreased for

women

. Sweden exhibited the highest

retirement

age

for both sexes,

while

Italy displayed the lowest. For

men

, Sweden showed the highest

age

at which they were still working until they got 62.5, in both 2004 and 2008, increasing from 63 to 63.7 over the specified period. The Netherlands, the UK, and Germany

initially

reported slightly lower eligible ages for

retirement

of 62, 61, and 60, respectively, in 2004, all of which

then

demonstrated upsurges by 2008, reaching 62, 61.8, and 61. Denmark and France began with end-of-service ages of 59 and 58.6 IN TURN, with Denmark rising to 60 and France rising to 59.

On the other hand

, Italy had the lowest

retirement

age

for

men

at 58, remaining unchanged throughout the observation period. For

women

, Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany all witnessed an increase in the

age

of cessation of employment from 2004 to 2008, reaching 62.5, 62, 60.5, and 60, respectively. Denmark and France

also

experienced a

riseS

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rise

from 58 and 57.3 in 2004 to 58.6 and 58 in 2008. Notably, Italy emerged as the sole outlier, with the

retirement

age

for

women

decreasing from 57 to 56 during the same period.