Average age, aged 15-24 by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
19.93
China
Lowest
18.66
Niger
Median
19.43
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,558

What the numbers show

Average age, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 19.93 in China; the lowest is 18.66 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.43, and the mean is 19.38.

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 12.3%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 4.2%).

Average age, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 19.93 2013 up 4.1% flat
2 Ukraine 19.92 2014 up 3.4% flat
3 Lithuania 19.9 2016 up 2.0% flat
4 Cyprus 19.89 2016 up 0.6% flat
5 Malta 19.89 2016 down 0.2% flat
6 Hungary 19.86 2016 up 2.5% flat
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.8 2019 up 0.8% flat
8 Luxembourg 19.77 2016 up 0.3% flat
9 Chile 19.76 2017 up 2.5% flat
10 Trinidad and Tobago 19.76 2011 up 3.1% flat
11 Germany 19.73 2011 up 0.9% flat
12 Estonia 19.71 2016 up 1.1% flat
13 United Kingdom 19.71 2016 up 1.0% flat
14 Slovenia 19.7 2016 down 0.4% flat
15 Thailand 19.68 2021 up 1.0% flat
16 Serbia 19.68 2018 up 0.3% flat
17 Czechia 19.67 2016 up 1.1% flat
18 Finland 19.67 2016 up 0.9% flat
19 South Korea 19.66 2017 up 1.7% flat
20 Slovakia 19.65 2016 down 0.6% flat
21 Latvia 19.65 2016 up 1.4% flat
22 North Macedonia 19.64 2020 up 0.4% flat
23 Armenia 19.64 2020 down 0.3% flat
24 El Salvador 19.62 2019 up 2.8% flat
25 Brazil 19.61 2021 up 1.1% flat
26 Croatia 19.6 2016 up 0.7% flat
27 Bulgaria 19.6 2016 up 1.6% flat
28 Iceland 19.59 2015 up 0.8% flat
29 Belgium 19.58 2003 down 0.5% flat
30 Albania 19.57 2019 up 0.9% flat
31 Colombia 19.56 2021 up 1.5% flat
32 Denmark 19.56 2016 up 0.7% flat
33 Sweden 19.55 2016 up 2.5% flat
34 Costa Rica 19.55 2021 up 0.4% flat
35 Portugal 19.54 2016 down 1.4% flat
36 Austria 19.54 2003 down 1.1% flat
37 Spain 19.53 2016 down 1.5% flat
38 Tunisia 19.5 2015 up 1.4% flat
39 Netherlands 19.49 2016 up 0.3% flat
40 Nicaragua 19.47 2014 up 0.9% flat
41 Mauritius 19.46 2017 up 1.8% flat
42 Tajikistan 19.46 2013 up 1.8% flat
43 South Africa 19.46 2020 up 0.4% flat
44 Jordan 19.45 2016 up 1.1% flat
45 Namibia 19.45 2015 down 4.2% flat
46 Italy 19.45 2016 down 1.0% flat
47 Indonesia 19.44 2019 up 1.3% flat
48 Kosovo 19.44 2017 up 1.1% flat
48 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 19.44 2017 up 1.1% flat
50 Greece 19.44 2016 down 1.9% flat
51 Turkey 19.44 2019 up 12.3% rising
52 United States 19.44 2018 down 0.1% flat
53 Norway 19.44 2016 up 2.2% flat
54 Morocco 19.43 2013 up 1.1% flat
55 Montenegro 19.43 2013 down 3.5% flat
56 Argentina 19.41 2021 down 0.4% flat
57 Georgia 19.4 2020 down 0.7% flat
58 Panama 19.4 2021 up 0.8% flat
59 Uruguay 19.4 2021 up 0.3% flat
60 Paraguay 19.38 2021 up 1.5% flat
61 Mongolia 19.36 2021 down 1.1% flat
62 France 19.35 2016 down 1.7% flat
63 India 19.34 2019 up 1.0% flat
64 Venezuela 19.34 2006 up 0.5% flat
65 Bolivia 19.33 2021 up 0.4% flat
66 Sri Lanka 19.33 2019 up 0.5% flat
67 Mexico 19.33 2020 up 0.5% flat
68 Cambodia 19.32 2012 up 1.8% flat
69 Nepal 19.3 2014 up 1.8% flat
70 Guatemala 19.29 2019 up 1.3% flat
71 Honduras 19.29 2019 up 1.5% flat
72 Egypt 19.29 2019 up 0.0% flat
73 Ecuador 19.28 2021 up 0.4% flat
74 Puerto Rico 19.27 2005 down 2.9% flat
75 Dominican Republic 19.27 2013 down 0.3% flat
76 Palestine 19.25 2017 up 1.0% flat
77 Kazakhstan 19.22 2018 up 0.2% flat
78 Bangladesh 19.21 2016 down 1.9% flat
79 Poland 19.21 2019 down 2.9% flat
80 Mali 19.2 2018 up 1.2% flat
81 Jamaica 19.19 2002 up 0.3% flat
82 Laos 19.19 2018 up 1.2% flat
83 Philippines 19.19 2019 up 1.0% flat
84 Russia 19.16 2019 down 2.5% flat
85 Pakistan 19.16 2020 up 0.7% flat
86 Peru 19.12 2021 down 0.1% flat
87 Uganda 19.1 2016 up 1.1% flat
88 Zambia 19.09 2015 down 1.1% flat
89 Ghana 19.09 2016 up 0.9% flat
90 Guinea 19.07 2018 up 3.8% flat
91 Gambia 19.07 2020 up 0.5% flat
92 Madagascar 19.07 2012 up 0.3% flat
93 Romania 19.05 2018 down 4.0% flat
94 Togo 19.04 2018 up 0.8% flat
95 Belarus 19.02 2020 down 3.3% flat
96 Ireland 19.02 2016 down 1.3% flat
97 Senegal 19.01 2018 up 0.6% flat
98 Rwanda 19.01 2021 down 0.9% flat
99 Djibouti 19 2017 down 0.7% flat
100 Mozambique 19 2014 down 0.8% flat
101 Tanzania 18.99 2020 up 0.7% flat
102 Kenya 18.98 2019 down 0.2% flat
103 Malawi 18.95 2019 down 0.9% flat
104 Belize 18.9 1999 down 0.7% flat
105 Moldova 18.87 2021 down 3.3% flat
106 Nigeria 18.83 2018 down 0.3% flat
107 Ethiopia 18.81 2021 down 0.5% flat
108 Kyrgyzstan 18.74 2020 down 0.2% flat
109 Niger 18.66 2018 down 1.0% flat

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Indicator
Average age, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
109 places, 1,558 data points, 1970–2021
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