Life Expectancy vs Retirement Age: France Compared to Europe/OECD [OC]

Life expectancy sources:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy
(Human Mortality Database (2025), UN, World Population Prospects (2024), Zijdeman et al. (2014), James C. Riley (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data)

Effective retirement age sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-effective-retirement-men
ourworldindata.org/grapher/average-effective-retirement-women
(OECD Database on Average Effective Retirement Age – processed by Our World in Data)
And for 2023)

Graphed using matplotlib and Python, gap calculated by subtracting average effective retirement age from life expectancy.
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The gap signifies years in retirement, which has stalled since 2010. Still, it's nice that Europe has ~15 and France has >20 years in retirement. It also highlights France's problem with overspending on pensions (~14% of budget).