Life Expectancy - Please Use This Calculator to Plan How Much Pension You Might Need

Saturday 02 December, 2017 Written by 
Life Expectancy - Please Use This Calculator to Plan How Much Pension You Might Need

A man aged 65 in the UK can now expect to live, on average, to 85.6 and a woman of the same age to 87.8, new figures reveal.

A boy born today could expect to live to 89.5, whilst a girl could expect to live to 92.1.

Triple lock pension refers to adding the largest amount to your pension from three different variables. It could be the growth in national average earnings, the growth in retail prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index or a minimum of 2.5 per cent. 

This agreement also covers countries in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Please us the Office of National Statistics calculator below to work out your life expectancy: