The graph below shows the average retirement age of males and females in six countries in 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The given table illustrates the average

age

of men and women when they retired in 6 countries namely: Australia, the USA, Japan, Italy, France and Korea in 2003.

Overall

, Korea had the highest retirement

age

, as compared to others

while

the opposite was true for France. Looking at the table for more detail, Australian and American males retired at

the

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an

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average

age

around

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of around

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65

years

while

this

figure for females was approximately 64

years

. The average retirement

age

of men in Japan was 67

years

and a

third,

which was more than 7

months

of

this

figure for women in

this

nation.

Besides

, males and females in Korea retired at the average

age

68

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of 68

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years

and 8

months

, and 67

years

and 2

months

, respectively. Moving to Italy,

while

the average retirement

age

of men in Italy was 58

years

and 2

months

, these statistics for women

was

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were

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less by 11

months

. These figures for French males and females were the lowest at around 57

years

.