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Average age, male by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
45.57
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
18.64
Mali
Median
33.78
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,558

What the numbers show

Average age, male is currently reported for 109 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 33.78, and the mean is 33.2.

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

Over the past decade 95 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Kosovo 32.54 2017 up 12.6% rising
61 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 32.54 2017 up 12.6% rising
63 Mexico 31.99 2020 up 10.7% rising
64 Colombia 31.69 2021 up 8.0% rising
65 El Salvador 31.13 2019 up 14.3% rising
66 Kazakhstan 31.01 2018 up 0.8% flat
67 Ecuador 30.64 2021 down 2.7% rising
68 India 30.11 2019 up 10.4% rising
69 Senegal 29.99 2018 up 36.5% rising
70 Morocco 29.78 2013 up 3.1% rising
71 Bolivia 29.48 2021 up 10.5% rising
72 Dominican Republic 29.27 2013 up 8.2% rising
73 Paraguay 28.98 2021 up 0.7% rising
74 South Africa 28.81 2020 up 9.1% rising
75 Mongolia 28.76 2021 up 4.5% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 28.44 2020 up 5.4% flat
77 Laos 28.27 2018 up 11.0% rising
78 Honduras 28.09 2019 up 11.9% rising
79 Jamaica 28.08 2002 up 8.6% rising
80 Bangladesh 27.96 2016 up 10.1% rising
81 Philippines 27.85 2019 up 6.7% rising
82 Venezuela 27.56 2006 up 11.4% rising
83 Guatemala 27.51 2019 up 10.6% rising
84 Nepal 27.13 2014 up 10.3% rising
85 Cambodia 26.92 2012 up 13.1% rising
86 Nicaragua 26.8 2014 up 8.2% rising
87 Egypt 26.31 2019 down 3.7% rising
88 Tajikistan 25.64 2013 up 9.4% rising
89 Jordan 25.6 2016 up 6.0% rising
90 Mozambique 24.5 2014 up 16.3% flat
91 Kenya 24.41 2019 up 10.5% rising
92 Zambia 24.26 2015 up 0.1% falling
93 Belize 24.05 1999 up 6.1% rising
94 Djibouti 24.04 2017 up 6.4% rising
95 Ghana 23.97 2016 up 2.0% rising
96 Namibia 23.78 2015 up 3.3% rising
97 Pakistan 23.76 2020 up 3.0% rising
98 Palestine 23.75 2017 down 28.2% falling
99 Rwanda 23.67 2021 up 10.8% rising
100 Nigeria 23.51 2018 down 7.1% flat
101 Ethiopia 23.17 2021 up 7.9% rising
102 Togo 22.51 2018 down 2.0% falling
103 Tanzania 22.11 2020 down 0.6% rising
104 Guinea 21.82 2018 down 3.8% flat
105 Madagascar 21.7 2012 down 3.3% flat
106 Malawi 21.61 2019 up 3.8% flat
107 Gambia 21.57 2020 up 1.3% flat
108 Uganda 19.89 2016 up 2.2% flat
109 Mali 18.64 2018 down 10.3% falling

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Indicator
Average age, male
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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