Retirement Ages by Country 2021: Chart

The Retirement Age varies between countries. The general retirement age in the European Union is 65. In Spain, France and Germany the retirement age is set to increase to 67 years from 65 according to an article at The Finnish Center for Pensions. Some countries have different retirement ages for men and women. For instance, in Switzerland the retirement ages for men and women are 65 and 64 respectively while in Russia, it is 61.5 years and 56.5 years respectively. In the US, both men and women have a retirement age of 66 years and 2 months.

The chart below shows the retirement age in select countries:

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Source: Retirement Ages, The Finnish Center for Pensions

The Current Retirement Ages (2021):

	Current general retirement age (2021)	Future retirement age
EU	Men/ Women	Retirement age or men/women
Austria (AT)	65 / 60 years	65 years (2033)
Belgium (BE)	65 years	67 years (2030)
Bulgaria (BG)	66 years and 8 months	67 years (2023)
Croatia (HR)	65 / 62 years 69 months	67 years (2033)
Cyprus (CY)	65 years	65+ years (2023)
Czech (CZ)	63 years and 10 months	65 years (2036)
Denmark (DK)	67 years; 66 years 6 months*	67 years (2022); 68+ years (2030)
Estonia (EE)	64 years	65 years (2026)
		68+ (2027)
Finland (FI)	63 years 9 months 68 years; 65 years*	65+ years (2027); 65+ (2030)
France (FR)	66 years and 7 months	67 years (2023)
Germany (DE)	65 years and 9 months	67 (2031)
Great Britain (GBR)	66 years	68 (2046)
Greece (EL)	67 years	67+ years (2021)
Hungary (HU)	65 years
Ireland (IE)	66 years	68 years (2028)
Italy (IT)	67 years	67+ years (2022)
Latvia (LV)	64 years	65 years (2025)
Lithuania (LT)	64 years 2 months / 63 years 4 months	65 years (2026)
Luxembourg (LU)	65 years
Malta (MT)	63 years	65 years (2027)
Netherlands (NL)	66 years 4 months	67+ years (2025)
Poland (PL)	65 years / 60 years
Portugal (PT)	66 years and 6 months	66+ years (2016)
Romania (RO)	65 years / 61 years 6 9 months	-/63 years (2030)
Slovakia (SK)	62 years and 810 months	64 years (2030)
Slovenia (SI)	65 years
Spain (ES)	66 years	67 years (2027)
Sweden (SE)	62-68 years; 65 years*	63-69 (2023), 63+ (2026); 66 (2023), 66+ (2026)
Other countries	Men / Women	Retirement age or men/women
Australia	58 years; 66 years 6 months*	60 years (2024); 67 years (2023)*
Canada (CA)	65 years
Iceland (IS)	67 years
Japan (JP)	63 years / 61 years; 65*	65 years (2025) / 65 years (2030);
Norway (NO)	6275 years; 67 years*
Russia (RU)	61 years and 6 months / 56 years and 6 months	65 years (2028); 60 (2028)
Switzerland (CH)	65 years / 64 years
USA (US)	66 years 2 months	67 years (2027)
* FI, SE, DK, NO, AU and JP: the retirement age of the earnings-related pension has been separated from that of the national pension with a semicolon.	GP= Government proposal or plan of equivalent administrative level	+ = Retirement age rising along with the increasing life expectancy.

Note: The table lists first the earnings-related retirement age, then the national retirement age if it deviates from the first. Men’s and women’s retirement ages are also listed, if they differ from each other.

Update (3/26/23):

1.Minimum Standard Retirement Age for Select Countries as of Jan 2023:

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