Can I buy social security at the age of 55?

Legal analysis: 1. If it is the first time to participate in social security, the maximum age to pay social security is limited by the statutory retirement age. Men over 60 years of age, women workers over 50 years of age, cadres over 55 years of age, can no longer participate in insurance. 2. For those who are not insured for the first time, there is no maximum age limit for purchasing social security. Those who do not apply for retirement at the legal retirement age can continue to pay social security, and there is no age limit.

Legal basis: Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid a total of fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age.

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.