Politics · Spain · 1 hr ago
Guide explains five ways to retire early or combine work and a pension
A new guide sets out five ways people in Spain can move from work into retirement.
The options include early retirement, partial retirement, active retirement, flexible retirement and delayed retirement.
Some allow people to combine earnings from work with pension payments, while others let them retire earlier or later.
Spain’s legal retirement age will reach 67 on 1 January 2027, though the current average age at retirement is 65.4.
Recent reforms have strengthened pension increases linked to inflation and raised revenue for the public system.
The government is also encouraging people to work longer, while early retirement can bring pension cuts of up to 21%.
The guide explains how the options work and what rules and incentives apply.
Expansión published a guide to five ways to retire early or combine work and a pension.
The guide covers early retirement, partial retirement, active retirement, flexible retirement and delayed retirement.
It explains updated early-retirement pension reductions and requirements for phased retirement with a replacement contract.
The article says Spain’s effective retirement age is 65.4, while the legal age will reach 67 on 1 January 2027.
The guide aims to help readers understand retirement options and plan their future pension.
- Who
- Expansión published the guide for people considering retirement options.
- What
- It explains five ways to retire early or combine work and a pension.
- When
- Published on 12 October 2026.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- The guide aims to explain retirement options and help readers optimise their future pension.
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A pension reform began taking effect, including a gradual increase in the legal retirement age.
A reform was later fully repealed, including the pension revaluation index and sustainability factor.
Reforms focused on increasing income for the public pension system.
Expansión published its guide to retirement options.
- Effective retirement age
- 65.4 years
- Legal retirement age
- 67 from 1 January 2027
- Early-retirement reduction
- Up to 21%
- Guide publisher
- Expansión
- Guide publication date
- 12 October 2026
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