The table illustrates the average retirement age for men and women across six different countries in 2003. Overall, it is evident that men retired later than women in every nation listed. Furthermore, Korea and France represent the upper and lower extremes of retirement age, respectively.
In Korea, men retired at 68 years and 8 months, while women retired at 67 years and 2 months, marking the highest figures in the dataset. Japan followed closely, with men retiring at 67 years and 4 months and women at 66 years and 9 months. The United States also showed relatively high retirement ages, with men at 65 years and 6 months and women at 64 years and 2 months.
Conversely, European nations reported lower retirement ages. In Australia, men retired at 64 years and 1 month, compared to 63 years and 5 months for women. Italy and France recorded the lowest figures. In Italy, men retired at 58 years and 2 months, while women retired at 57 years and 3 months. France had the lowest retirement ages overall, with men retiring at 57 years and 4 months and women at 56 years and 9 months.