Retirement age (men)
When does the state let a man retire on a full pension?
Current normal retirement age for men — the age a full-career worker entering at 22 can draw a full pension (OECD Pensions at a Glance). 49 countries.
Saudi Arabia leads with 47 years; Denmark sits last at 67 years. Best-for-you first — lower is better here.
Coverage: 49 of ~49 countries this field can reach — OECD Pensions at a Glance CRPLF22 — 52 areas report, minus aggregates and non-catalogue
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The full ranking
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 47 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 2 | Turkey | 52 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 3 | India | 58 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 58 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 5 | South Africa | 60 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 6 | China | 60 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 7 | Colombia | 62 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 62 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 62 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 10 | Greece | 62 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 11 | South Korea | 63 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 63.2 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 13 | Malta | 64 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 64.2 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 15 | France | 64.3 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 64.6 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 17 | Lithuania | 64.7 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 18 | Italy | 64.8 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 19 | Estonia | 64.8 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 20 | Latvia | 64.8 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 21 | Canada | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 22 | Brazil | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 23 | Finland | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 25 | Spain | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 26 | Japan | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 27 | Poland | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 28 | Romania | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 29 | Chile | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 31 | Belgium | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 32 | Austria | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 33 | Mexico | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 34 | Hungary | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 35 | Argentina | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 37 | Croatia | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 38 | Switzerland | 65 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 39 | Portugal | 65.3 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 40 | Sweden | 66 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 41 | Ireland | 66 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 66 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 43 | Germany | 66.2 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 44 | United States | 66.7 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 45 | Israel | 67 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 46 | Norway | 67 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 47 | Australia | 67 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 48 | Netherlands | 67 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
| 49 | Denmark | 67 years | Checked 6 Sept 2026 |
Regional averages
Europe (30)
64.9 years
Americas (8)
64.8 years
Asia (8)
58.8 years
Unweighted mean of the published values in each region — our aggregation, not an official statistic.
How to read this figure
The current NORMAL retirement age for men (OECD Pensions at a Glance): the age at which a worker who entered the labour force at 22 and worked a full career can draw a full mandatory pension. Early-retirement routes, penalties and future legislated increases are not in this number — France’s 64.3 is the post-2023-reform trajectory value, and several countries have rises already written into law. It answers "when does the state pay", not "when do people actually stop working".
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How to read this list
Current normal retirement age for men — the age a full-career worker entering at 22 can draw a full pension (OECD Pensions at a Glance). 49 countries. 49 countries publish it; the rest are absent from the list rather than shown as zero. All figures were observed in 2024, so the list is a genuine snapshot. Each row still carries its date in the CSV and JSON. Nothing here is estimated or carried forward to fill a gap. This metric is one column of the full dataset.