# State pension age stays at 67 years and 3 months in 2032

> New life expectancy figures mean no further rise in the AOW age in 2032, Social Affairs minister Hans Vijlbrief told parliament, so people born between October 1964 and September 1965 now know their retirement age.

Economy · published 2026-11-13 09:16 · https://nlnow.nl/a/state-pension-age-stays-at-67-years-and-3-months-in-2032/

The AOW state pension age will stay at 67 years and 3 months in 2032, Social Affairs minister Hans Vijlbrief wrote in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. The age is set five years ahead.

**Why it matters**

- People born between 1 October 1964 and 30 September 1965 now know when they will receive AOW.
- The AOW age is 67 up to and including 2027, and 67 years and 3 months from 2028; it does not rise further in 2032.

The decision follows automatically from the life expectancy projection of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for 65-year-olds. CBS projects that people turning 65 in 2032 will live another 21.08 years (21 years and 29 days). That is a small increase on 2031.

Life expectancy is still rising, but more slowly than before. Last year's projection for 2032 was 21.14 years.

On Prinsjesdag, the day the budget is presented, the cabinet removed a proposed direct link between the AOW age and life expectancy from the budget. The existing rule stays in force: the AOW age rises by eight months for each extra year of life expectancy.

## Background

- **Tweede Kamer**: The House of Representatives, the lower and more powerful house of the Dutch parliament. Its 150 members are elected directly; it can amend bills and holds the cabinet to account.
- **CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)**: Statistics Netherlands, the independent government body that produces the official statistics on the Dutch economy and society.
- **AOW (Algemene Ouderdomswet)**: The AOW is the Dutch state pension, a basic old-age pension paid by the government to residents who have reached the state pension age. It is funded from current contributions and is administered by the SVB (Social Insurance Bank). The age at which the AOW starts is set in law and is periodically reviewed, which is why the pension age is discussed as a fixed number of years and months rather than a single fixed age.

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