The official retirement age in Spain – whose residents have one of Europe's highest life expectancies at 84.3 years – is gradually increasing and will reach 67 in 2027. However, on average, Spanish people retire at 62.7 years, with men retiring at 62.4 and women at 63.

Like most European governments, the Spanish government has been under pressure to carry out pension reforms to qualify for EU post-pandemic recovery funds. Unions threatened to strike over the age increase but backed down after the government said workers could still retire at 65 if they had a specific number of years’ worth of contributions, a figure that will hit 38.5 years in 2027.

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