Retirement age

This article lists the statutory retirement age in different countries. In some contexts, the retirement age is the age at which a person is expected or required to cease work and is usually the age at which they may be entitled to receive superannuation or other government benefits. Policy makers usually consider the demography, fiscal cost of ageing, health, life expectancy, nature of profession, supply of labour force etc. while deciding the retirement age.^[1]

Retirement age by country

Many of the countries listed in the table below are in the process of reforming the ages (see the notes in the table for details). The ages given in the table reflect the age at which one retires if they retire/have retired in the year given in the table; the trend in some countries is that in the future the age will increase gradually (where available, explanations are given in the section on notes), therefore one's year of birth determines when one has the age of retirement (e.g. in Romania women born in January 1955 had the retirement age in January 2015 at age 60; those born in January 1958 will retire in January 2019 at age 61; those born in January 1961 will retire in January 2023 at age 62; those born in January 1967 will retire in January 2030 at age 63).^[2]

Retirement age

Country	Men	Women	Year	Notes	References
Albania	65	60	2012		[3]
Argentina	65	60	2008		[4]
Armenia	63	63	2011		[3]
Australia	65	65	2015	In Australia the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 67 years by 2023.	[5]
Austria	65	60	2015	In Austria the retirement age for women is to be equalized to the retirement age for men (65) by 2033.[6]	[3][7]
Azerbaijan	62	60	2012	In Azerbaijan the retirement age for women will be 60 years in 2016.	[3]
Belarus	60	55	2007		[8]
Belgium	65	65	2015	By 2030, the age will be 67.[6]	[8]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	65	65	2011		[3]
Bulgaria	64y4month	61y4month	2015		[6]
Canada	65	65		The standard age to begin receiving a CPP retirement pension is when one attains age 65 (the month following the 65th birthday). However, one may receive a reduced CPP retirement pension as early as the month following the 60th birthday. Alternatively, one may receive an increased pension after reaching age 65. Canada also has a pension supplement with different rules called Old Age Security (OAS).	[9][10]
Chile	65	60			[11]
China	60	50–55	2011	The retirement age in China currently is 60 for men and 55 for female civil servants and 50 for female workers.[12]	[13]
Croatia	65	61y3month	2015	By 2038 there will be an equal age for women and men set at 67. (Women's age will reach 65 in 2030 and 67 in 2038).[6]	[6]
Cyprus	65	65	2011		[3][7]
Czech Republic	62y10month	58-62	2015	In the Czech Republic the retirement age for women depends on the number of children. By 2041 the age will be 67.[6]	[7][8]
Colombia	62	57	2014		[14]
Denmark	65	65	2015	In Denmark, the retirement age will be increased gradually to reach 67 years by 2022. From 2030 onwards, it will be increased a maximum of one year every five years depending on increases in average lifespan.[15][16]	[7][8]
Estonia	63	62y6month	2015	In Estonia the retirement age for women is to be increased gradually and equaled to the retirement age for men in 2016. Later the retirement age for both sexes is to be increased gradually and reach 65 years in 2026.[17]	[7][8]
Finland	62–68	62–68	2008		[7]
France	65	65	2015	In France the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 67 years by 2023.[6] See also: Pensions in France.	[3][7]
Georgia	65	60	2011		[3]
Germany	65y3month	65y3month	2015	In Germany the retirement age is to be increased gradually and reach 67 years in 2029. See also: Pensions in Germany.	[7][8]
Greece	67	67	2015		[6]
Hungary	62y6month	62y6month	2015	The age will be 65 by 2022.[6]	[6]
Iceland	67	67	2007		[8]
India	60	60	2014	In 2014, the retirement age in India for government staff was rolled back from 60 to 58.[18]
Indonesia	58	58	2014		[19]
Ireland	66	66	2015	In Ireland the retirement age is to be increased gradually and reach 68 years in 2028.[6]	[3][7][8]
Israel	67	62	2011		[20]
Italy	66	66	2016		[21]
Japan	60	60		Officially 60 but if the employee wishes to extend it to 65, the employer must do so.	[22]
Kazakhstan	63	58	2011		[3]
Kosovo^*	65	65	2011		[3]
Korea, Republic of	60	60	2016	Employers with more than 300 employees are mandatory to extend the retiring age to 60. From 1 January 2017, it will be mandatory for all employers nationwide.[23]
Kyrgyzstan	63	58	2011		[3]
Latvia	62y6month	62y6month	2015	The age will be 65 by 2025.[6]	[6]
Libya	65	65	1980	The age is 60 if in hazardous or unhealthy occupations.
Liechtenstein	64	64	2007		[8]
Lithuania	63y2month	61y4month	2015	In Lithuania, the retirement age will be 65 for both men and women by 2026.[6]	[6][24][25]
Luxembourg	65	65	2011		[3]
Macedonia	64	62	2011		[3]
Malaysia	60	60	2013	In Malaysia, The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) wants the government to consider extending the retirement age for civil servants from 60 to 62,[26] but the government has no immediate plan to extend it as the current retirement age is deemed as sufficient.[27]	[28]
Malta	62	62	2015	In Malta the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 65 years by 2027.[6]	[6]
Mexico	65	65	2015	Retirement age is expected to be increased in the coming years.
Moldova	62	57	2015		[3]
Montenegro	65	60	2013		[3]
Morocco	65	65	2014	Abdelilah Benkirane increased the retirement age to 65 since 2015. Expectations say that it will increase to 66 by 2017.
Namibia	60	60	2015	The early retirement age for public employees is 55 years, but will be reduced to 50 years (in 2016).	[29][30]
Nepal	58	58	2007
Netherlands	65y3month	65y3month	2015	In the Netherlands the retirement age is to be increased gradually and reach 67 years in 2024.[6] After 2024 it will be linked to the average life expectancy.	[3][7]
New Zealand	65	65	2013		[31]
Norway	67	67	2011	See: Pensions in Norway.
Pakistan	60	60	2007		[32]
Poland	65y7month	60y7month	2015	In Poland the retirement age is to be increased each quarter to reach 67 years for men in 2020 and to be equaled for women in 2040.[6]	[3][7][33]
Portugal	66	66	2014		[34]
Romania	65	60	2015	The age for women is being increased gradually. It will reach 63 by 2030.[2]	[2]
Russia	60	55	2015		[35]
Saudi Arabia	60	60	2014	In Saudi Arabia, the retirement age is based on the Hijiri (lunar) calendar.	[36]
Serbia	65	60	2011		[3]
Singapore	62–65	62–65	2012	In Singapore, the Retirement Age Act (RAA) has been replaced by the Retirement and Re-employment Act (RRA) in 2012. Under the RRA, the statutory minimum retirement age is still 62, but employers are now required to offer re-employment to eligible employees who turn 62, up to the age of 65.	[37]
Slovakia	62	58y3month-62y	2015	In Slovakia the retirement age for women depends on the number of children. The retirement age will be equalized for men and women at 62 in 2017.[6]	[7]
Slovenia	64y4month	64y4month	2015		[6]
Spain	65y3month	65y3month	2015	The age will be increased at 67 by 2027.[6] See also: Pensions in Spain.	[3][7]
Sweden	61–67	61–67	2011		[7][8]
Switzerland	65	64	2015	The age will be equalized at 65 by 2020.[6]	[8]
Tajikistan	63	58	2011		[3]
Thailand	60	60	2015
Trinidad and Tobago	60–65	60–65	2015		[38]
Turkmenistan	62	57	2011		[3]
Turkey	60	58	2014	In 1999 the retirement age was changed from 48 for men and 38 for women.[39]
Ukraine	60	57	2015	In Ukraine the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 60 years for women and 62 years for men-civil servants by 2021.[40]	[3][41]
United Kingdom	65	62y4month	2015	In the UK the retirement age for women is to be increased gradually and equaled to the retirement age for men in 2018. Later, the retirement age for both sexes is to be increased gradually and reach 68 by 2046 or sooner.[42]	[3][6][7]
United States	66	66	2015	The earliest age workers may statutorily receive Social Security benefits and Medicare. Retirement Age in the US The age will increase to 67 by 2027.[6]	[6]
Uzbekistan	60	55	2011		[3]
Vietnam	60	55	2011	Vietnam may gradually raise its retirement age to 62 for men and 60 for women to avert a possible bankruptcy of its pension system in the next two decades.[43]	[43]

*Note: disputed territory.

The average of statutory retirement age in the 34 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2014 was males 65 years and females 63.5 years, but the tendency all over the world is to increase the retirement age.^[44] This is also reflected by the findings that just over half the Asian investors surveyed region-wide said they agreed with raising the retirement age, with a quarter disagreeing and the remainder undecided.^[45]

Reform

Reforms tend to be phased-in slowly when the retirement age (or pension age) is increased, with grandfathering ensuring a gradual change. In contrast, when the age of retirement is decreased, changes are often brought about rapidly.^[46]

One such example of grandfathering are the transitional pension rules which were applied for staff aged 54 years or older, and to some extent for all staff in place, when in 2014 the retirement age of European civil servants was increased to 66 years of age.^[47]

See also

• Pension
• Retirement
• Retirement in Europe
• Mandatory retirement

Notes

References

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8. Kłos B., Wiek emerytalny kobiet i mężczyzn, "infos", 7.02.2008
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26. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cuepacs-wants-government-to-consider-retirement-age-from-60-to-62-bernama
27. http://www.therakyatpost.com/business/2015/03/09/malaysias-retirement-age-stays-at-60
28. Cheng, Dorothy (30 June 2013). "Bosses, workers welcome retirement at 60". theSundaily (Kuala Lumpur: Sun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd.). Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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30. Govt probes early retirement age. The Namibian, 7 February 2016
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32. "Page Not Found". thepeninsulaqatar.com.
33. Kancelaria Sejmu RP. "Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych". sejm.gov.pl.
34. Raquel Martins. "Idade da reforma passa para os 66 anos em 2014". PÚBLICO.
35. "Communists oppose government initiative to raise pension age". RT. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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38. The National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago .
39. "Emeklilik Yaşını Bekleyenler". sgk.gen.tr.
40. "Рада приняла пенсионную реформу, повышающую пенсионный возраст". РИА Новости.
41. http://voxukraine.org/2015/06/09/ukraine-needs-a-smaller-and-more-humane-state/
42. See also: Pensions in the United Kingdom.
43. "Vietnam may lift retirement age to save pension fund". Thanh Nien News (Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam’s Youth Association). 13 May 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
44. Scott, John (25 June 2014). "Aging Australians Balk at World’s Oldest Retirement Age". Jakarta: BeritaSatu Media Holdings. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
45. "Asians Want To See Official Retirement Ages Rise – Manulife Survey". Hong Kong: The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
46. Catherine Blair (8 August 2014). Securing Pension Provision: The Challenge of Reforming the Age of Entitlement. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-137-45397-6.
47. Irene Souka (July 2013). "Review of the Staff Regulations" (PDF). p. 12.

External links

• Only three other countries in the EU plan to increase retirement age above 65