What is the legal retirement age in Algeria?

60 for men, with at least 15 years of work. A working woman may request retirement from 55 – and may also keep working to 60 if she wishes (art. 6, law 83-12 as amended by law 16-15).

How is the age reduced for mothers?

A working woman who raised one or more children for at least 9 years gets a one-year reduction per child, capped at 3 – retirement possible from 52 (art. 8, law 83-12).

What if I reach the legal age without 15 career years?

The minimum is 15 declared working years. Below it there is no full pension – depending on the case an allowance or proportional benefit may apply. The calculator shows the 15-year date and uses it when it falls later than the age condition.

Do proportional or no-age-condition (32-year) retirement still exist?

No. Law 16-15, in force since 1 January 2017, abolished both. The only awaited exception is high-hardship positions, whose application decree has still not been published.

Can I work past the legal age?

Yes – article 7 allows up to 5 extra years (65 for men); each extra year raises the pension rate.

Can education civil servants retire before the legal age?

Yes. Law 25-09 of 19 July 2025 (art. 7 bis 1) lets the corps of teachers, professors, censeurs, education-establishment directors and national-education inspectors retire before the legal age, on request. Its application text, executive decree no. 26-74 of 14 January 2026 (art. 2), sets that age at 57 for men and 52 for women. The request is filed with the employing establishment in the first three months of the school year and cannot be refused. A woman civil servant cannot, however, combine this reduction with the article 8 child reduction (art. 7 bis 1, para. 4): a woman of these corps retires at 52 whatever her number of children – the same floor article 8 already gives her.

I had career interruptions – how do I account for them?

The calculator assumes a continuous career from the first job. For unvalidated gaps, shift the "first declared job" date by their total length to get a correct 15-year estimate.

How much will my pension be?

The pension is 2.5% per working year of the average recent salary, capped at 80% with an SNMG-linked minimum – use Hsabet's CNR pension calculator to estimate it.

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When can I retire? – retirement date

Compute your retirement eligibility date and the remaining countdown – legal age and career years per law 83-12 as amended.

Date of birth

As recorded in the civil registry

Gender

Children raised (women)

Working mother: one-year reduction per child raised at least 9 years, capped at 3 (art. 8)

National-education corps

First declared job

Start of social-security affiliation. If you had career gaps, shift the date by their total length

Calculation date

Defaults to today – change it to simulate another date

Years remaining

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How it works

Enter your date of birth, gender and first declared job (plus children raised, for working mothers).
The legal age is determined (60 men; 55 women minus one year per child, up to 3) along with the 15-career-years date.
The eligibility date is the later of the two conditions, with a countdown in years, months and days.

Sources: law no. 83-12 on retirement (arts. 6–8) – law no. 16-15 – Caisse Nationale des Retraites (CNR) – Official Journal (JORADP).

Data last reviewed: 2026-09-20

Hsabet is not affiliated with any of these official organizations – cited for reference only.

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About this tool

This calculator determines your CNR retirement eligibility date: reaching the legal age (60 for men; 55 for women, reduced by one year per child raised for at least 9 years, capped at 3) and totalling at least 15 years of work. The eligibility date is the later of the two conditions, with a day-by-day countdown.