New data shows how long the average Irish teenager will work for in their lifetime

Men work almost six years more on average than women but that gap has more than halved in the past 20 years. File photo

The average Irish teenager will work for 38.4 years in their lifetime, nearly two-and-a-half years more than the European average, new figures have suggested.

Since 2001, the amount of years of our lives we will spend working has also increased by more than five years. And, while men work almost six years more on average than women, that gap has more than halved in the past 20 years.