Average age, male by country

Countries reporting

106

Highest

45.57

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lowest

18.64

Mali

Median

35.19

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,543

What the numbers show

Average age, male is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 45.57 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 18.64 in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 35.19, and the mean is 33.3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 103.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 28.2%).

Average age, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.57	2019	up 19.1%	rising
2	South Korea	45.28	2017	up 7.9%	rising
3	Italy	43.32	2016	up 5.6%	rising
4	Greece	42.93	2016	up 5.8%	rising
5	Germany	42.82	2011	up 7.4%	rising
6	Portugal	42.3	2016	up 7.2%	rising
7	Bulgaria	42.09	2016	up 5.2%	rising
8	Niger	41.63	2018	up 103.4%	rising
9	Spain	41.54	2016	up 5.3%	rising
10	Serbia	41.23	2018	down 0.0%	flat
11	Turkey	41.22	2019	up 48.6%	rising
12	Finland	41.2	2016	up 4.8%	rising
13	Croatia	41.17	2016	down 0.9%	flat
14	Malta	40.96	2016	up 5.2%	rising
15	Netherlands	40.89	2016	up 7.4%	rising
16	Hungary	40.66	2016	up 8.2%	rising
17	Sweden	40.53	2016	up 5.7%	rising
18	Slovenia	40.52	2016	up 3.3%	rising
19	Denmark	40.52	2016	up 3.8%	rising
20	Czechia	40.43	2016	up 4.9%	rising
21	France	40.42	2016	up 4.3%	rising
22	Romania	39.94	2018	up 4.5%	rising
23	Norway	39.88	2016	up 4.1%	rising
24	Latvia	39.73	2016	up 7.5%	rising
25	Lithuania	39.69	2016	up 8.3%	rising
26	Indonesia	39.4	2019	up 15.0%	rising
27	United Kingdom	39.27	2016	up 2.8%	rising
28	Estonia	39.18	2016	up 4.8%	rising
29	Slovakia	39.08	2016	up 6.0%	rising
30	Moldova	39.01	2021	up 6.6%	rising
31	North Macedonia	38.45	2020	up 6.7%	rising
32	Belarus	38.29	2020	up 7.7%	rising
33	Luxembourg	38.1	2016	up 0.5%	rising
34	Belgium	38.08	2003	up 4.4%	rising
35	United States	38.08	2018	up 5.1%	rising
36	Georgia	38.01	2020	up 4.2%	rising
37	Cyprus	37.98	2016	up 4.5%	flat
38	Thailand	37.92	2021	up 12.6%	rising
39	Albania	37.83	2019	down 7.0%	rising
40	Austria	37.73	2003	up 5.4%	rising
41	Russia	37.35	2019	up 8.9%	rising
42	Poland	37.32	2019	down 1.2%	rising
43	China	37.27	2013	up 8.0%	rising
44	Iceland	37.19	2015	up 5.1%	rising
45	Armenia	37.01	2020	up 9.4%	rising
46	Montenegro	36.99	2013	up 8.6%	rising
47	Ukraine	36.88	2014	down 2.3%	flat
48	Ireland	36.61	2016	up 5.5%	rising
49	Mauritius	36.35	2017	up 12.7%	rising
50	Puerto Rico	35.97	2005	up 44.5%	rising
51	Costa Rica	35.89	2021	up 15.1%	rising
52	Uruguay	35.87	2021	up 3.5%	flat
53	Chile	35.66	2017	up 11.8%	rising
54	Sri Lanka	34.71	2019	up 7.9%	rising
55	Brazil	33.78	2021	up 6.4%	rising
56	Trinidad and Tobago	33.76	2011	up 11.9%	rising
57	Tunisia	33.14	2015	up 7.4%	rising
58	Peru	33.11	2021	up 7.3%	rising
59	Argentina	33.09	2021	up 3.7%	flat
60	Panama	32.84	2021	up 7.6%	rising
61	Mexico	31.99	2020	up 10.7%	rising
62	Colombia	31.69	2021	up 8.0%	rising
63	El Salvador	31.13	2019	up 14.3%	rising
64	Kazakhstan	31.01	2018	up 0.8%	flat
65	Ecuador	30.64	2021	down 2.7%	rising
66	India	30.11	2019	up 10.4%	rising
67	Senegal	29.99	2018	up 36.5%	rising
68	Morocco	29.78	2013	up 3.1%	rising
69	Bolivia	29.48	2021	up 10.5%	rising
70	Dominican Republic	29.27	2013	up 8.2%	rising
71	Paraguay	28.98	2021	up 0.7%	rising
72	South Africa	28.81	2020	up 9.1%	rising
73	Mongolia	28.76	2021	up 4.5%	rising
74	Kyrgyzstan	28.44	2020	up 5.4%	flat
75	Laos	28.27	2018	up 11.0%	rising
76	Honduras	28.09	2019	up 11.9%	rising
77	Jamaica	28.08	2002	up 8.6%	rising
78	Bangladesh	27.96	2016	up 10.1%	rising
79	Philippines	27.85	2019	up 6.7%	rising
80	Venezuela	27.56	2006	up 11.4%	rising
81	Guatemala	27.51	2019	up 10.6%	rising
82	Nepal	27.13	2014	up 10.3%	rising
83	Cambodia	26.92	2012	up 13.1%	rising
84	Nicaragua	26.8	2014	up 8.2%	rising
85	Egypt	26.31	2019	down 3.7%	rising
86	Tajikistan	25.64	2013	up 9.4%	rising
87	Jordan	25.6	2016	up 6.0%	rising
88	Mozambique	24.5	2014	up 16.3%	flat
89	Kenya	24.41	2019	up 10.5%	rising
90	Zambia	24.26	2015	up 0.1%	falling
91	Belize	24.05	1999	up 6.1%	rising
92	Ghana	23.97	2016	up 2.0%	rising
93	Namibia	23.78	2015	up 3.3%	rising
94	Pakistan	23.76	2020	up 3.0%	rising
95	Palestine	23.75	2017	down 28.2%	falling
96	Rwanda	23.67	2021	up 10.8%	rising
97	Nigeria	23.51	2018	down 7.1%	flat
98	Ethiopia	23.17	2021	up 7.9%	rising
99	Togo	22.51	2018	down 2.0%	falling
100	Tanzania	22.11	2020	down 0.6%	rising
101	Guinea	21.82	2018	down 3.8%	flat
102	Madagascar	21.7	2012	down 3.3%	flat
103	Malawi	21.61	2019	up 3.8%	flat
104	Gambia	21.57	2020	up 1.3%	flat
105	Uganda	19.89	2016	up 2.2%	flat
106	Mali	18.64	2018	down 10.3%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 32.54

About this data

Indicator: Average age, male
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 108 places, 1,543 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026