Peru vs South Africa: Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64

Peru
41.12
in 2021
South Africa
40.48
in 2020
Peru rank
55th
South Africa rank
56th

Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64 over time

  • Peru
  • South Africa
010203040199520082021

How they compare

Peru currently reports 41.12 against 40.48 in South Africa, a difference of 0.64.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was South Africa ahead.

Peru ranks 55th and South Africa ranks 56th of 105 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru South Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 38.49 39.06 0.5769 South Africa
2010s 40.66 39.67 0.9825 Peru
2020s 41.41 40.48 0.9253 Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of wage workers, aged 25-64, Peru or South Africa?
Peru, at 41.12 against 40.48 in South Africa as of 2021.
What is the difference in average age of wage workers, aged 25-64 between Peru and South Africa?
0.64, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South Africa?
17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Peru and South Africa rank globally for average age of wage workers, aged 25-64?
Peru ranks 55th and South Africa ranks 56th of 105 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64. 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

Peru vs South Africa: Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64. Statizoid. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/average-age-of-wage-workers-aged-25-64/peru/south-africa/

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-25-64/peru/south-africa/">Peru vs South Africa: Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,483 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed