Finns taking earnings-related pension at 59

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FINLAND - Finns are still retiring on an earnings-related pension at 59, no increase on the 2004 level, even though an increase of this retirement age by up to three years has been a key objective of Finnish pension policy.

The annually-published calculation on the average expected effective retirement age by the Finnish Centre for Pensions found that in 2005 people in Finland retired on average at 59.1 years. The fig...

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