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Average age, female by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
48.46
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
18.6
Mali
Median
35.79
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,558

What the numbers show

Average age, female is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 48.46 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 18.6 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.79, and the mean is 35.14.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 129.5%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 27.8%).

Average age, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.46 2019 up 19.1% rising
2 South Korea 46.95 2017 up 8.1% rising
3 Italy 45.98 2016 up 4.8% rising
4 Latvia 45.49 2016 up 7.5% rising
5 Bulgaria 45.36 2016 up 6.1% rising
6 Portugal 45.17 2016 up 7.2% rising
7 Lithuania 45.14 2016 up 9.2% rising
8 Greece 44.96 2016 up 5.8% rising
9 Niger 44.67 2018 up 129.5% rising
10 Estonia 44.46 2016 up 4.5% rising
11 Hungary 44.43 2016 up 6.9% rising
12 Belarus 44.42 2020 up 8.5% rising
13 Croatia 44.38 2016 down 1.9% flat
14 Germany 44.23 2011 up 2.7% flat
15 Serbia 44.04 2018 down 1.1% flat
16 Spain 43.75 2016 up 4.7% rising
17 Finland 43.65 2016 up 4.0% rising
18 Czechia 43.6 2016 up 5.0% rising
19 Slovenia 43.18 2016 up 1.9% rising
20 Romania 43.01 2018 up 5.2% rising
21 France 42.62 2016 up 3.6% flat
22 Denmark 42.49 2016 up 3.8% rising
23 Malta 42.42 2016 up 3.8% flat
24 Turkey 42.4 2019 up 47.6% rising
25 Sweden 42.33 2016 up 6.1% flat
26 Georgia 42.32 2020 up 4.9% flat
27 Netherlands 42.13 2016 up 6.0% rising
28 Slovakia 42.04 2016 up 3.2% rising
29 Ukraine 41.81 2014 down 0.9% flat
30 Russia 41.77 2019 up 8.5% rising
31 Moldova 41.74 2021 up 4.7% rising
32 Norway 41.53 2016 up 2.6% flat
33 Armenia 41.2 2020 up 10.3% rising
34 Belgium 40.97 2003 up 3.5% rising
35 Poland 40.96 2019 down 0.4% rising
36 United Kingdom 40.83 2016 up 2.2% rising
37 Austria 40.81 2003 up 3.5% flat
38 North Macedonia 40.17 2020 up 6.7% rising
39 United States 40.07 2018 up 4.6% rising
40 Indonesia 40.03 2019 up 15.4% rising
41 Thailand 39.93 2021 up 12.3% rising
42 Montenegro 39.42 2013 up 13.3% rising
43 Luxembourg 39.4 2016 down 0.5% flat
44 Cyprus 39.27 2016 up 4.1% flat
45 Albania 38.88 2019 down 1.8% rising
46 Uruguay 38.84 2021 up 2.3% flat
47 China 38.71 2013 up 10.3% rising
48 Puerto Rico 38.67 2005 up 47.5% rising
49 Chile 38.56 2017 up 13.5% rising
50 Iceland 38.29 2015 up 6.0% rising
51 Mauritius 37.93 2017 up 13.5% rising
52 Costa Rica 37.79 2021 up 13.0% rising
53 Ireland 37.78 2016 up 4.1% rising
54 Sri Lanka 36.42 2019 up 9.4% rising
55 Brazil 35.79 2021 up 6.6% rising
56 Argentina 35.78 2021 up 2.5% flat
57 Kazakhstan 35.14 2018 down 2.4% flat
58 Trinidad and Tobago 34.7 2011 up 12.0% rising
59 Peru 34.58 2021 up 7.5% rising
60 Panama 34.54 2021 up 9.3% rising
61 Kosovo 34.03 2017 up 15.7% rising
61 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 34.03 2017 up 15.7% rising
63 Tunisia 34.01 2015 up 10.1% rising
64 Mexico 33.75 2020 up 11.0% rising
65 El Salvador 33.74 2019 up 13.9% rising
66 Colombia 33.53 2021 up 8.5% rising
67 Senegal 32.07 2018 up 42.2% rising
68 Kyrgyzstan 31.59 2020 up 3.0% flat
69 Ecuador 31.36 2021 down 3.6% rising
70 India 31.05 2019 up 10.6% rising
71 South Africa 31.02 2020 up 8.6% rising
72 Dominican Republic 30.69 2013 up 10.0% rising
73 Bolivia 30.67 2021 up 9.7% rising
74 Morocco 30.61 2013 up 4.0% rising
75 Mongolia 30.56 2021 up 4.6% rising
76 Paraguay 30.44 2021 up 2.3% rising
77 Honduras 30.35 2019 up 13.8% rising
78 Guatemala 29.81 2019 up 16.3% rising
79 Jamaica 29.71 2002 up 8.5% rising
80 Cambodia 29.06 2012 up 13.0% rising
81 Philippines 29.06 2019 up 8.0% rising
82 Laos 28.9 2018 up 11.6% rising
83 Venezuela 28.43 2006 up 11.4% rising
84 Nicaragua 28.05 2014 up 6.4% rising
85 Nepal 27.54 2014 up 9.8% rising
86 Bangladesh 27.37 2016 up 9.9% rising
87 Tajikistan 26.94 2013 up 11.1% rising
88 Ghana 26.33 2016 up 5.8% rising
89 Egypt 26.31 2019 down 5.8% rising
90 Namibia 26.29 2015 up 19.8% rising
91 Jordan 26.02 2016 up 5.9% rising
92 Rwanda 25.64 2021 up 10.9% rising
93 Kenya 25.49 2019 up 12.9% rising
94 Mozambique 25.48 2014 up 18.4% rising
95 Palestine 24.44 2017 down 27.8% falling
96 Belize 24.39 1999 up 5.2% rising
97 Zambia 24.23 2015 down 0.8% falling
98 Togo 24.16 2018 up 2.1% flat
99 Nigeria 24.08 2018 down 1.5% rising
100 Djibouti 24.05 2017 up 3.0% rising
101 Pakistan 23.81 2020 up 4.0% rising
102 Tanzania 23.2 2020 up 2.4% rising
103 Malawi 23.01 2019 up 7.0% rising
104 Ethiopia 22.98 2021 up 6.2% rising
105 Gambia 22.29 2020 up 3.4% flat
106 Madagascar 22.19 2012 up 0.4% flat
107 Guinea 21.91 2018 down 6.4% falling
108 Uganda 21.03 2016 up 6.1% rising
109 Mali 18.6 2018 down 13.3% falling

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Indicator
Average age, female
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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