Retirement in Europe


Retirement age differs in European countries and is a matter of debate across Europe, because of an aging population.

Retirement age by country

CountryMenWomenYearNotesReferences
Albania65612020
Austria65602018In Austria the retirement age for women is to be equalized to the retirement age for men by 2033.
Belarus60552007By 2022, the age will be 63 for men and 58 for women.
Belgium65652018In Belgium the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 67 years by 2030.
Bosnia and Herzegovina65652011
Bulgaria64 61 2015
Croatia65622018By 2038 there will be an equal age for women and men set at 67..
Cyprus65652018
Czech Republic63 58 - 62 2018In the Czech Republic, in the year 2015, men had the retirement age of 62 years and 10 months and women had it between 58 and 62, depending on number of children. In Czech Republic, the retirement age is in the process of being increased, and therefore depends on year of birth For women the retirement age depends on the number of raised children as well. For people born in 1975, the retirement age will be the same regardless of sex and number of children raised; and this age will reach 67 for people born in 1977.
Denmark65652018In 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. It will be 68 by 2031, 69 by 2032, 70 by 2033, 71 by 2034 and 72 by 2035. See also: Pensions in Denmark.
Estonia63 63 2019In Estonia the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 65 years by 2026. After 2026 it will be linked to the average life expectancy.
Finland65652008
France62622015In France the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 67 years by 2023. See also: Pensions in France.
Germany65 65 2015In Germany the retirement age is to be increased gradually and reach 67 years by 2029. See also: Pensions in Germany.
Greece67672015
Hungary62 62 2015The age will be 65 by 2022. Women with 40 years of insurance can retire at any age.
Iceland67672018
Ireland66662018In Ireland the retirement age is to be increased gradually and reach 68 years by 2028.
Italy66 63 2016The age will be 67 for men and women by 2021
Latvia63 63 2019The age will be 65 by 2025.
Liechtenstein65652018
Lithuania63 62 2019In Lithuania, the retirement age will be 65 for both men and women by 2026.
Luxembourg65652018
North Macedonia64622011
Malta65652015In Malta the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 65 years by 2027.
Moldova62572015
Montenegro65602013
Netherlands66 66 2019In the Netherlands the retirement age is 68 years old. The state pension for all elderly is to be increased gradually to reach 67 years and 9 months by 2022. After 2022 it will be linked to the average life expectancy.
Norway67672018-
Poland65602016
Portugal66 66 2018
Romania65612019The age for women is being increased gradually. It will reach 63 by 2030.
Russia60 55 2019The age is to be increased gradually to 65 years for men and 60 years for women by 2028
Serbia6561 2017By the year of 2032 retirement age for women will equalize with men and reach 65.
Also it is possible to gain pension after 45 years of labor of that happen prior to 65th year of life for men or 61st and 6 months for women. It would be at least at age of 60 for both men and women, considering the fact that person is legally labor eligible from the age of 15 in Serbia.
Slovakia62622017
Slovenia65652018
Spain65 65 2015The age will be 67 by 2027. See also: Pensions in Spain.
Sweden65652020, options age 62-68.By 2023 the retirement age will be 66 and by 2026 it will be 67, with options age 64-69.
Switzerland65642018The age will be equalized at 65 by 2020.
Ukraine60572015In Ukraine the retirement age is to be increased gradually to 60 years for women and 62 years for men-civil servants by 2021.
United Kingdom65652018Retirement age equalized at 65. Increasing to 66 by 2021, 67 by 2028 and 68 by 2046. See also: Pensions in the United Kingdom.