Retirees in Algeria can receive their French pensions
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Algérie 360
Former workers in France living in Algeria can receive their French pensions, with Algeria the leading destination for French pension payments abroad. The Franco-Algerian social security agreement governs rights linked to periods worked in both countries, according to the French government cited by Algérie360.
Algeria is the leading destination for French pensions paid abroad, accounting for more than a quarter of French pensions paid outside France, according to a response from the French government published by the National Assembly. People who have worked and paid contributions in France can receive their pension while living in Algeria.
A social security agreement signed by France and Algeria on 1 October 1980 and entering into force in 1982 facilitates procedures between the funds of the two countries and allows certain periods of work carried out in Algeria to be taken into account when calculating entitlements. Since 1 September 2026, the legal retirement age has been set at 62 years and nine months for people born between 1963 and March 1965, with 170 quarters required for the full rate, according to French rules recalled by Algérie 360.
The legal retirement age then reaches 63 for people born between April and December 1965, 63 years and three months for those born in 1966, 63 years and six months for those born in 1967, and 63 years and nine months for the 1968 generation. It reaches 64 from the 1969 generation, with 172 quarters required for the full rate, according to Algérie 360.
