What is the difference in average effective age of retirement for men between New Zealand and Romania?

1 years, with New Zealand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Romania?

49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average effective age of retirement for men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

New Zealand vs Romania: Average effective age of retirement for men

New Zealand

69.8 years

in 2018

Romania

68.8 years

in 2018

New Zealand rank

6th

Romania rank

9th

Average effective age of retirement for men over time

New Zealand
Romania

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 69.8 years against 68.8 years in Romania, a difference of 1 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1970 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 6th and Romania ranks 9th of 49 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Zealand	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	68.1 years	67.56 years	0.54 years	New Zealand
1980s	64.55 years	63.77 years	0.78 years	New Zealand
1990s	63.1 years	62.05 years	1.05 years	New Zealand
2000s	65.41 years	67.64 years	2.23 years	Romania
2010s	67.61 years	67.58 years	0.0333 years	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average effective age of retirement for men, New Zealand or Romania?: New Zealand, at 69.8 years against 68.8 years in Romania as of 2018.
What is the difference in average effective age of retirement for men between New Zealand and Romania?: 1 years, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Romania?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do New Zealand and Romania rank globally for average effective age of retirement for men?: New Zealand ranks 6th and Romania ranks 9th of 49 countries.
Where does this data come from?: OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average effective age of retirement for men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Average effective age of retirement for men
Unit: years
Source: OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 49 places, 2,055 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimates are based on a weighted average of changes in labour force participation rates by age, for workers 40+