Women have longer working lives than men in Latvia
A report on EU working life duration shows that Latvia sits near the average, with women working slightly longer than men. This trend of women having longer working lives than men is rare in the EU, observed only in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Why it matters
Understanding labor market trends and gender disparities in working life duration is essential for shaping pension policies and economic planning across Europe.
In 7 EU countries, the average expected duration of working life is 40 years or more: the Netherlands (44.0 years), Sweden (43.4), Denmark (42.6), Estonia (41.5), Ireland (40.7), Germany (40.2) and Finland (40.1). By contrast, Romania (32.7 years), Italy (33.0) and Bulgaria (34.6) have the shortest working lives. Latvia sits in the middle with a working life of 38.1 years – very slightly more than the EU average but significantly shorter than in Estonia (41.5 years, as already mentioned) and slightly shorter than in Lithuania (38.6 years).
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