A recent OECD report has highlighted a glaring disparity in employment rates among over 65s in different countries. Asia has the highest rates of people working beyond 65 and in Indonesia, 50.6 percent of people in the 65-69 age bracket are employed. Some European countries saw widespread protests when the retirement age was raised slightly but this is a much rarer phenomenon in Asia where much of the population supports increases in the mandatory retirement age. New Zealand has no compulsory retirement age and 42.6 percent of people aged 65 to 69 are still working. In Europe where government decisions to extend the retirement age have proven extremely unpopular, far fewer older people are heading to work every morning.

Source: Forbes December 08, 2017 12:56 UTC