The table compares the average ages at which men and women retired in six countries in 2003.
Overall, Korea had the highest average retirement age for both genders, while France recorded the lowest. Men retired later than women in all six countries. The difference between the two genders was greatest in Korea and smallest in Japan and France.
In Korea, men retired at an average age of 68 years and 8 months, compared with 67 years and 2 months for women. Japan had the second-highest figures, at 67 years and 4 months for men and 66 years and 9 months for women. In the United States, the average retirement age was 65 years and 6 months for men, while women retired at 64 years and 2 months. The corresponding figures for Australia were slightly lower, at 64 years and 1 month and 63 years and 5 months, respectively.
At the lower end of the table, Italy recorded average retirement ages of 58 years and 2 months for men and 57 years and 3 months for women. France had the lowest figures, with men retiring at 57 years and 4 months and women at 56 years and 9 months. Regarding the gender gap, Korea showed the largest difference, at 18 months, whereas the smallest gaps were recorded in Japan and France, at just 7 months each.