The share of people aged 64 and older in the overall workforce in Switzerland has more than doubled since 2005, according to new figures from the Swiss Labour Force Survey. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Twenty years ago, around 87,000 people were working after reaching the standard retirement age; by 2025, this number had risen to 220,000. According to an analysis by the financial news agency AWP, this figure is now roughly two and a half times the 2005 level. Among other things, this increase reflects demographic trends: the large cohorts of baby boomers are increasingly moving into the over-64 age group, causing it to grow significantly. At the same time, there is a trend toward longer working lives in old age: currently, around 12% of those over 64 are employed, compared to 7% in 2005. The statistics, updated in mid-April, also show that both genders are equally more likely to be employed. More than half of full-time workers aged 64 and older are ...
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