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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
49
Highest
73 years
Indonesia
Lowest
60.5 years
Luxembourg
Median
65.3 years
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
2,055

What the numbers show

Average effective age of retirement for men is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 73 years in Indonesia; the lowest is 60.5 years in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 65.3 years, and the mean is 65.64 years.

Over the past decade 36 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
22 Ireland 65.6 years 2018 up 1.1% falling
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
33 Malta 64.2 years 2018 up 5.4% flat
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
49 Luxembourg 60.5 years 2018 up 2.0% falling

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