Average effective age of retirement for men by country

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

Countries reporting

Highest

73 years

Indonesia

Lowest

60.8 years

France

Median

65.4 years

Years covered

1970–2018

Data points

2,055

What the numbers show

Average effective age of retirement for men is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 73 years in Indonesia; the lowest is 60.8 years in France.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.4 years, and the mean is 65.79 years.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 9.7%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 5.1%).

Average effective age of retirement for men: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Indonesia	73 years	2018	up 1.1%	flat
2	South Korea	72.3 years	2018	up 3.0%	rising
3	Mexico	71.3 years	2018	down 2.3%	falling
4	Japan	70.8 years	2018	up 1.7%	flat
5	Chile	70 years	2018	up 0.7%	flat
6	India	69.8 years	2018	down 4.0%	falling
6	New Zealand	69.8 years	2018	up 4.6%	flat
8	Israel	69.4 years	2018	up 5.0%	flat
9	Romania	68.8 years	2018	down 0.9%	flat
10	Portugal	68.5 years	2018	up 2.9%	falling
11	Iceland	68.1 years	2018	down 1.4%	flat
12	United States	67.9 years	2018	up 3.8%	flat
13	Saudi Arabia	67.6 years	2017	up 2.0%	flat
14	China	66.8 years	2010	up 0.5%	flat
15	Argentina	66.6 years	2018	down 4.3%	flat
15	Brazil	66.6 years	2018	down 2.3%	falling
17	Switzerland	66.4 years	2018	down 0.2%	falling
17	Sweden	66.4 years	2018	up 0.9%	flat
19	Turkey	66.3 years	2018	up 5.9%	falling
20	Norway	66.1 years	2018	up 1.2%	flat
21	Latvia	65.7 years	2018	up 1.9%	flat
23	Estonia	65.5 years	2018	down 1.2%	flat
23	Canada	65.5 years	2018	up 3.0%	flat
25	Australia	65.3 years	2018	up 2.5%	flat
26	Netherlands	65.2 years	2018	up 3.7%	flat
27	Denmark	65.1 years	2018	up 1.7%	falling
28	Cyprus	64.9 years	2018	down 3.4%	falling
29	United Kingdom	64.7 years	2018	up 1.6%	falling
29	Bulgaria	64.7 years	2018	down 1.5%	falling
31	Lithuania	64.3 years	2018	up 3.4%	flat
31	Finland	64.3 years	2018	up 4.6%	falling
34	Germany	64 years	2018	up 4.7%	flat
35	Austria	63.5 years	2018	up 9.7%	falling
36	Hungary	63.4 years	2018	up 6.6%	falling
37	Italy	63.3 years	2018	up 3.9%	flat
38	Russia	63.2 years	2018	down 0.2%	flat
38	Czechia	63.2 years	2018	up 1.0%	flat
40	South Africa	63.1 years	2018	down 5.1%	falling
40	Slovenia	63.1 years	2018	up 3.1%	flat
42	Poland	62.8 years	2018	up 2.6%	falling
43	Spain	62.1 years	2018	up 0.8%	falling
44	Greece	61.7 years	2018	down 0.6%	falling
44	Croatia	61.7 years	2018	up 0.3%	flat
46	Belgium	61.6 years	2018	up 2.8%	falling
47	Slovakia	61.1 years	2018	up 3.2%	flat
48	France	60.8 years	2018	up 2.9%	falling

About this data

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: 07 August 2026

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