The table depicts the average age of retirement, in both genders, in six different nations: Australia, the US, Japan, Italy, France and Korea in 2003
Overall, the average retirement age of Koreans in both males and females was the highest level. Additionally, men retired at a later age than women in all given countries.
Regarding males, the average age of retirement in Korea ranked first at 68 years and 8 months. This was followed by of Japan, United States and Australia at over 67, 65 and 64, respectively. Moreover, Italian citizens stopped working at asignificant age at over 58 years, whereas the figure for France was the lowest at 57 years and 4 months.
Concerning females, the highest retirement age was also witnessed in Korea at 67 years and 2 months, which was precisely three years olders than that of in US. Futhermore, at over 66 years old, the women in Japan have retired, while Australian women had a earlier age of retirement at over 63 years. Finally, the figures for Italy and France were fairly comparable at over 56 years.
