Poland ranked 30th in Golden Age Index

Poland slumped down from 31st to 30th position in this year's edition of the Golden Age Index ranking, professional services company PwC reported. The employment rate in the 55-64 age group in Poland is 42.5 percent (lower rates are only found in Hungary, Slovenia, Greece and Turkey), while the employment rate in the age group 65-69 is 9.7 percent, which puts Poland in 25th place among 34 OECD countries. Iceland has consistently taken first place in the ranking since 2003. Second and third places were taken by New Zealand and Sweden. The Golden Age Index ranking covers 34 countries of the OECD, evaluating them on the basis of selected key indicators, including the number of employed persons over 55 years of age, their earnings and participation in training or the number of part-time employment contracts.