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Pensions at a Glance : Pensions at a Glance 2021 - Ages & years

Year		2020
Indicator		Current retirement ages for a person who entered the labour force at age 22		Effective labour market exit age		Expected years in retirement
Indicator		Current retirement ages for a person who entered the labour force at age 22, men	Current retirement ages for a person who entered the labour force at age 22, women	Effective labour market exit age, men	Effective labour market exit age, women	Expected years in retirement, men	Expected years in retirement, women
Unit		Years	Years	Years	Years	Years	Years


Country
Australia		66.0	66.0	64.1	63.3	21.3	24.5
Austria		65.0	60.0	62.0	60.7	21.2	25.2
Belgium		65.0	65.0	60.9	60.1	22.2	26.2
Canada		65.0	65.0	63.9	62.6	20.7	24.5
Chile		65.0	65.0	64.6	60.9	19.0	24.7
Colombia		62.0	57.0	66.7	60.3	17.2	24.1
Costa Rica		61.9	59.9	66.7	61.7	18.0	24.7
Czech Republic		63.7	63.7	63.1	61.5	18.2	23.0
Denmark		65.5	65.5	63.8	63.5	19.3	22.2
Estonia		63.8	63.8	64.1	65.4	16.8	20.6
Finland		65.0	65.0	63.0	63.6	20.7	23.7
France		64.5	64.5	60.4	60.9	23.5	27.1
Germany		65.7	65.7	63.1	63.2	20.1	23.1
Greece		62.0	62.0	60.9	58.1	23.0	28.4
Hungary		64.5	62.0	62.1	59.7	17.1	23.5
Iceland		67.0	67.0	66.0	63.5	19.0	23.0
Ireland		66.0	66.0	63.6	63.8	20.5	22.5
Israel		67.0	62.0	65.4	64.8	19.8	22.0
Italy		62.0	62.0	62.3	61.3	22.1	26.2
Japan		65.0	65.0	68.2	66.7	17.8	23.5
Korea		62.0	62.0	65.7	64.9	18.4	23.2
Latvia		63.8	63.8	66.3	64.5	14.0	20.1
Lithuania		64.0	63.0	63.4	63.0	16.1	22.4
Luxembourg		62.0	62.0	59.2	60.1	24.0	26.4
Mexico		65.0	65.0	66.2	62.5	16.0	20.6
Netherlands		66.3	66.3	63.9	62.8	20.2	23.5
New Zealand		65.0	65.0	68.2	65.8	17.3	21.4
Norway		67.0	67.0	64.9	63.1	19.4	23.7
Poland		65.0	60.0	62.2	60.1	18.7	25.1
Portugal		65.3	65.3	64.9	63.3	19.0	23.9
Slovak Republic		62.8	62.7	60.2	59.8	18.9	23.8
Slovenia		62.0	62.0	61.5	60.5	20.7	25.6
Spain		65.0	65.0	61.0	60.4	23.0	27.7
Sweden		65.0	65.0	65.8	64.9	19.0	22.1
Switzerland		65.0	64.0	65.4	64.1	20.0	23.8
Türkiye		52.0	49.0	60.7	59.3	20.2	25.1
United Kingdom		66.0	66.0	63.7	63.2	20.2	22.7
United States		66.0	66.0	64.9	64.7	18.6	21.3
OECD - Average		64.2	63.4	63.8	62.4	19.5	23.8
European Union (27 countries)		64.3	63.5	63.1	..	19.4	24.0
Non-OECD Economies	Argentina	65.0	60.0	62.4	62.8	17.5	21.7
	Brazil	62.0	57.0	62.0	59.2	19.2	24.9
	Bulgaria	64.3	61.5	64.5	61.7	14.7	20.7
	China (People's Republic of)	60.0	55.0	65.5	60.6	14.8	21.9
	Croatia	65.0	62.5	61.1	58.0	18.6	25.7
	Cyprus	65.0	65.0	64.6	59.4	17.8	25.3
	India	58.0	58.0	67.3	67.2	12.9	13.9
	Indonesia	57.0	57.0	68.7	69.2	11.5	13.2
	Malta	63.0	63.0	62.4	62.4	21.8	24.2
	Romania	65.0	61.3	65.4	64.6	15.0	18.9
	Russia	61.5	56.5	62.0	59.8	15.3	22.5
	Saudi Arabia	47.0	47.0	58.9	..	19.0	..
	South Africa	60.0	60.0	60.4	56.0	14.2	21.4

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