Iceland vs Sweden: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female

Iceland
43.52
in 2015
Sweden
42.8
in 2016
Iceland rank
10th
Sweden rank
12th

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female over time

  • Iceland
  • Sweden
010203040200420102016

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 43.52 against 42.8 in Sweden, a difference of 0.72.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Sweden ahead.

Iceland ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 12th of 105 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 41.56 42.69 1.13 Sweden
2010s 43.51 42.74 0.7769 Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female, Iceland or Sweden?
Iceland, at 43.52 against 42.8 in Sweden as of 2015.
What is the difference in average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female between Iceland and Sweden?
0.72, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
12 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2015.
How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female?
Iceland ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 12th of 105 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iceland vs Sweden: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female. Statizoid. Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-age-of-wage-workers-aged-15-64-female/iceland/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-age-of-wage-workers-aged-15-64-female/iceland/sweden/">Iceland vs Sweden: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,483 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed