Unstoppable grafters: The EU countries with the highest rates of pensioners working after retirement

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Unstoppable grafters: The EU countries with the highest rates of pensioners working after retirement  In some countries, people with a pensioner status clock in more hours than common employees. The hardest grafters? Bulgarians and Greeks.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/17/unstoppable-grafters-the-eu-countries-with-the-highest-rates-of-pensioners-working-after-r  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Which EU country has the most active pensioners?

00:09For some, retirement is a life goal, for others a new beginning.

00:13In the EU, over half of self-employed people keep working after receiving their pension.

00:20The rate among retired employees is lower, but still significant at 24%.

00:26Sweden has by far the most industrious retired entrepreneurs.

00:31Almost all of them keep working after receiving their old age pension.

00:36The rates in Finland and Ireland are also high, close to the 90% mark.

00:42On the contrary, in Spain and Greece, the vast majority prefer to enjoy retirement

00:48and only about 1 in 5 entrepreneurs remain active.

00:52And what about working hours?

00:55In some countries, employed pensioners clock in as many as or more hours than common workers,

01:01nearly 40 hours in Bulgaria and Greece.

01:05In any case, most pensioners who keep working prefer part-time options.

01:10So, which workers are most likely to continue working after receiving an old age pension?

01:17The rate is highest among managers and skilled agriculture, forestry and fishery workers.

01:2440% salesmen and technicians also have significant proportions.

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