People in the EU who continued to work after receiving old-age pension

In 2023, 13% of people in the EU aged 50-74 continued working during the 6 months following the receipt of their first old-age pension.

Highest shares in:

🇪🇪Estonia (54.9%)

🇱🇻Latvia (44.2%)

Lowest in:

🇷🇴Romania (1.7%)

🇬🇷Greece (4.2%)

The main reasons for people to continue to work after receiving an old-age pension were because they enjoyed working and being productive (stated by 36.3% of people) or did so due to financial necessity (28.6%). 

A desire to maintain social integration (11.2%) and the financial attractiveness of work (9.1%) were also mentioned as reasons for continuing to work. A smaller proportion, 3.5%, continued working because their partner was still employed.