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.

The table illustrates a comparison of the average

retirement

in six countries divided by two sexes in 2003.

Overall

, it could be seen that the

retirement

age

of men was higher than the

age

of women in six nations.

Moreover

, Korea was the country having the highest

retirement

age

,

while

the opposite was true in France.

To begin

with, there were four countries with the levels of

retirement

age

over 60

years

. In detail, the longest duration was in Korean, which was 68

years

and 8

months

for males and 18

months

shorter for females. The mentioned

age

in Japan was slightly lower than the

retirement

age

in Italy by one year.

Besides

, the other nations recorded an insignificant difference in the average

retirement

age

including Australia and the UK, with around 63 to 64

years

, roughly 64 to 65

years

, respectively.

On the contrary

, Italy and France were countries showing a

retirement

age

of under 60

years

.

In particular

, the average

retirement

age

of Italian males and females was 58

years

, 2

months

and 57

years

, 3

months

, respectively. France recorded the lowest

age

of

retirement

, with 57

years

and 4

months

for men and 56

years

and 9

months

for women.