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Retirement age (women)

When does the state let a woman retire on a full pension?

Current normal retirement age for women, same definition and source as the men’s field — separate because several countries legislate different ages.

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, women — same flow and measure as the men’s field

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1 of 49 countries between 47 years and 47.8 years1 of 49 countries between 48.7 years and 49.5 years1 of 49 countries between 54.5 years and 55.3 years1 of 49 countries between 57 years and 57.8 years2 of 49 countries between 57.8 years and 58.7 years3 of 49 countries between 59.5 years and 60.3 years1 of 49 countries between 60.3 years and 61.2 years8 of 49 countries between 62 years and 62.8 years4 of 49 countries between 62.8 years and 63.7 years6 of 49 countries between 63.7 years and 64.5 years12 of 49 countries between 64.5 years and 65.3 years3 of 49 countries between 65.3 years and 66.2 years6 of 49 countries between 66.2 years and 67 yearsmedian 64 years47 years67 years
Half of all 49 countries sit between 62 years and 65 years.

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Fiji — no data yetTanzania — no data yetW. Sahara — no data yetCanada — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsUnited States — Retirement age (women): 66.7 yearsKazakhstan — no data yetUzbekistan — no data yetPapua New Guinea — no data yetIndonesia — Retirement age (women): 58 yearsArgentina — Retirement age (women): 60 yearsChile — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsDem. Rep. Congo — no data yetSomalia — no data yetKenya — no data yetSudan — no data yetChad — no data yetHaiti — no data yetDominican Rep. — no data yetRussia — no data yetBahamas — no data yetFalkland Is. — no data yetNorway — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsGreenland — no data yetFr. S. Antarctic Lands — no data yetTimor-Leste — no data yetSouth Africa — Retirement age (women): 60 yearsLesotho — no data yetMexico — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsUruguay — no data yetBrazil — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsBolivia — no data yetPeru — no data yetColombia — Retirement age (women): 57 yearsPanama — no data yetCosta Rica — Retirement age (women): 63 yearsNicaragua — no data yetHonduras — no data yetEl Salvador — no data yetGuatemala — no data yetBelize — no data yetVenezuela — no data yetGuyana — no data yetSuriname — no data yetFrance — Retirement age (women): 64.3 yearsEcuador — no data yetPuerto Rico — no data yetJamaica — no data yetCuba — no data yetZimbabwe — no data yetBotswana — no data yetNamibia — no data yetSenegal — no data yetMali — no data yetMauritania — no data yetBenin — no data yetNiger — no data yetNigeria — no data yetCameroon — no data yetTogo — no data yetGhana — no data yetCôte d'Ivoire — no data yetGuinea — no data yetGuinea-Bissau — no data yetLiberia — no data yetSierra Leone — no data yetBurkina Faso — no data yetCentral African Rep. — no data yetCongo — no data yetGabon — no data yetEq. Guinea — no data yetZambia — no data yetMalawi — no data yetMozambique — no data yeteSwatini — no data yetAngola — no data yetBurundi — no data yetIsrael — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsLebanon — no data yetMadagascar — no data yetPalestine — no data yetGambia — no data yetTunisia — no data yetAlgeria — no data yetJordan — no data yetUnited Arab Emirates — no data yetQatar — no data yetKuwait — no data yetIraq — no data yetOman — no data yetVanuatu — no data yetCambodia — no data yetThailand — no data yetLaos — no data yetMyanmar — no data yetVietnam — no data yetNorth Korea — no data yetSouth Korea — Retirement age (women): 63 yearsMongolia — no data yetIndia — Retirement age (women): 58 yearsBangladesh — no data yetBhutan — no data yetNepal — no data yetPakistan — no data yetAfghanistan — no data yetTajikistan — no data yetKyrgyzstan — no data yetTurkmenistan — no data yetIran — no data yetSyria — no data yetArmenia — no data yetSweden — Retirement age (women): 66 yearsBelarus — no data yetUkraine — no data yetPoland — Retirement age (women): 60 yearsAustria — Retirement age (women): 60.5 yearsHungary — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsMoldova — no data yetRomania — Retirement age (women): 62.2 yearsLithuania — Retirement age (women): 64.3 yearsLatvia — Retirement age (women): 64.8 yearsEstonia — Retirement age (women): 64.8 yearsGermany — Retirement age (women): 66.2 yearsBulgaria — Retirement age (women): 62.2 yearsGreece — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsTurkey — Retirement age (women): 49 yearsAlbania — no data yetCroatia — Retirement age (women): 63.5 yearsSwitzerland — Retirement age (women): 64 yearsLuxembourg — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsBelgium — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsNetherlands — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsPortugal — Retirement age (women): 65.3 yearsSpain — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsIreland — Retirement age (women): 66 yearsNew Caledonia — no data yetSolomon Is. — no data yetNew Zealand — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsAustralia — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsSri Lanka — no data yetChina — Retirement age (women): 55 yearsTaiwan — no data yetItaly — Retirement age (women): 63.8 yearsDenmark — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsUnited Kingdom — Retirement age (women): 66 yearsIceland — no data yetAzerbaijan — no data yetGeorgia — no data yetPhilippines — no data yetMalaysia — no data yetBrunei — no data yetSlovenia — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsFinland — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsSlovakia — Retirement age (women): 63.2 yearsCzech Republic — Retirement age (women): 64.2 yearsEritrea — no data yetJapan — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsParaguay — no data yetYemen — no data yetSaudi Arabia — Retirement age (women): 47 yearsN. Cyprus — no data yetCyprus — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsMorocco — no data yetEgypt — no data yetLibya — no data yetEthiopia — no data yetDjibouti — no data yetSomaliland — no data yetUganda — no data yetRwanda — no data yetBosnia and Herz. — no data yetMacedonia — no data yetSerbia — no data yetMontenegro — no data yetKosovo — no data yetTrinidad and Tobago — no data yetS. Sudan — no data yetCosta Rica — Retirement age (women): 63 yearsIsrael — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsSouth Korea — Retirement age (women): 63 yearsAustria — Retirement age (women): 60.5 yearsHungary — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsLithuania — Retirement age (women): 64.3 yearsLatvia — Retirement age (women): 64.8 yearsEstonia — Retirement age (women): 64.8 yearsCroatia — Retirement age (women): 63.5 yearsSwitzerland — Retirement age (women): 64 yearsLuxembourg — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsBelgium — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsNetherlands — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsPortugal — Retirement age (women): 65.3 yearsIreland — Retirement age (women): 66 yearsDenmark — Retirement age (women): 67 yearsSlovenia — Retirement age (women): 62 yearsSlovakia — Retirement age (women): 63.2 yearsCzech Republic — Retirement age (women): 64.2 yearsCyprus — Retirement age (women): 65 yearsRetirement age (women)47 years67 years

The full ranking

1Saudi Arabia47 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
2Turkey49 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
3China55 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
4Colombia57 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
5India58 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
6Indonesia58 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
7South Africa60 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
8Argentina60 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
9Poland60 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
10Austria60.5 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
11Greece62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
12Brazil62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
13Israel62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
14Luxembourg62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
15Hungary62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
16Slovenia62 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
17Romania62.2 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
18Bulgaria62.2 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
19South Korea63 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
20Costa Rica63 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
21Slovakia63.2 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
22Croatia63.5 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
23Italy63.8 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
24Switzerland64 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
25Malta64 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
26Czech Republic64.2 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
27France64.3 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
28Lithuania64.3 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
29Latvia64.8 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
30Estonia64.8 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
31Chile65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
32Canada65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
33New Zealand65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
34Cyprus65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
35Japan65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
36Mexico65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
37Belgium65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
38Finland65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
39Spain65 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
40Portugal65.3 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
41United Kingdom66 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
42Ireland66 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
43Sweden66 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
44Germany66.2 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
45United States66.7 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
46Norway67 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
47Netherlands67 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
48Australia67 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026
49Denmark67 yearsChecked 6 Sept 2026

Regional averages

Europe (30)

64.1 years

Americas (8)

63.0 years

Asia (8)

57.1 years

Unweighted mean of the published values in each region — our aggregation, not an official statistic.

How to read this figure

The women’s twin of the men’s retirement-age field — same OECD definition, kept separate because several countries still legislate different ages for women (often lower, sometimes converging by cohort). Where the two fields agree, the law is sex-neutral; where they differ, that difference is the fact worth reading.

Countries with the lowest retirement age for women · Countries with the highest retirement age for women

How to read this list

Current normal retirement age for women, same definition and source as the men’s field — separate because several countries legislate different ages. 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.

Official sources onlySurveyed 2024Revised daily 05:20 UTCLicence CC BY 4.0