Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male by country

Countries reporting
94
Highest
51.82
France
Lowest
37.82
Uganda
Median
44.72
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,246

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 51.82 in France; the lowest is 37.82 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.72, and the mean is 44.4.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 23.2%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 10.2%).

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 51.82 2016 up 13.4% rising
2 Iceland 48.46 2015 up 2.6% rising
3 Kosovo 48.26 2017 up 0.2% rising
4 Netherlands 47.92 2016 up 4.9% flat
5 Korea 47.87 2017 up 6.0% rising
6 Malta 47.6 2016 up 9.2% rising
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.54 2019 up 7.5% rising
8 Sweden 47.47 2016 up 2.0% flat
9 Mauritius 47.37 2017 up 9.3% rising
10 Italy 47.27 2016 up 8.9% rising
11 Denmark 47.01 2016 up 2.8% flat
12 Finland 46.98 2016 up 2.3% flat
13 Ireland 46.96 2016 up 5.1% flat
14 Hungary 46.9 2016 up 8.6% rising
15 Uruguay 46.9 2021 up 2.1% flat
16 Germany 46.9 2011 up 3.8% flat
17 Spain 46.76 2016 up 5.1% rising
18 Portugal 46.73 2016 up 4.7% rising
19 United Kingdom 46.49 2016 up 1.8% flat
20 Greece 46.41 2016 up 7.7% rising
21 Costa Rica 46.37 2021 up 4.0% rising
22 Thailand 46.35 2021 up 6.2% rising
23 Croatia 46.26 2016 down 0.0% flat
24 Chile 46.23 2017 up 2.4% flat
25 Cyprus 46.21 2016 up 0.2% rising
26 Slovenia 46.11 2016 up 3.5% flat
27 Czechia 46.04 2016 up 5.1% rising
28 Philippines 46.02 2019 up 3.0% flat
29 Kazakhstan 46 2018 up 7.4% rising
30 Ukraine 45.99 2014 up 13.8% flat
31 Serbia 45.93 2018 down 0.0% rising
32 Bulgaria 45.77 2016 up 4.6% flat
33 Sri Lanka 45.76 2019 up 6.0% rising
34 Panama 45.57 2021 up 3.6% flat
35 Norway 45.56 2013 down 2.6% flat
36 Argentina 45.56 2021 down 1.8% flat
37 Dominican Republic 45.47 2013 up 3.5% flat
38 Luxembourg 45.36 2016 down 2.9% flat
39 Slovak Republic 45.21 2016 up 5.7% rising
40 Mexico 45.18 2020 up 3.5% rising
41 Albania 45.17 2019 up 10.7% rising
42 Montenegro 45.01 2010 up 4.8% rising
43 Colombia 44.97 2021 up 2.7% flat
44 Latvia 44.89 2016 up 8.7% rising
45 North Macedonia 44.85 2020 up 1.1% flat
46 Ecuador 44.8 2021 down 1.5% rising
47 Palestine 44.76 2017 up 10.4% rising
48 Tunisia 44.67 2015 up 4.8% rising
49 Peru 44.62 2021 up 1.2% rising
50 Kyrgyzstan 44.6 2020 up 17.8% rising
51 Egypt 44.51 2019 down 1.2% flat
52 Poland 44.45 2019 up 0.8% flat
53 Armenia 44.33 2020 up 2.1% flat
54 Morocco 44.22 2013 up 2.6% flat
55 India 44.09 2019 up 1.8% flat
56 Moldova 44.07 2021 down 1.1% rising
57 Brazil 44.04 2021 up 1.6% rising
58 Lithuania 43.98 2016 up 9.7% rising
59 El Salvador 43.96 2019 down 0.7% rising
60 Kenya 43.82 2019 up 14.9% rising
61 Jordan 43.8 2016 up 1.7% flat
62 Estonia 43.75 2016 up 3.8% rising
63 Belize 43.55 1999 up 2.2% flat
64 Venezuela 43.5 2006 up 7.1% flat
65 Guatemala 43.25 2019 up 1.7% rising
66 South Africa 43.25 2020 up 0.6% flat
67 Georgia 43.16 2020 down 3.0% flat
68 Niger 43.05 2018 up 23.2% flat
69 Paraguay 43.01 2021 down 4.1% flat
70 Indonesia 42.97 2019 up 3.1% rising
71 Romania 42.96 2018 down 2.6% flat
72 Türkiye 42.74 2019 up 11.2% rising
73 Bangladesh 42.71 2016 up 12.8% rising
74 Jamaica 42.48 2002 down 9.9% falling
75 Bolivia 42.43 2021 up 4.5% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 42.35 2011 up 5.5% flat
77 Honduras 42.34 2019 up 2.6% rising
78 Rwanda 42.18 2021 rising
79 Ghana 41.82 2016 up 3.1% rising
80 Nicaragua 41.53 2014 down 3.4% flat
81 Russia 41.42 2016 up 1.8% flat
82 Mongolia 41.4 2021 down 3.8% flat
83 Namibia 41.01 2015 up 9.6% flat
84 Ethiopia 40.88 2021 up 5.1% flat
85 Madagascar 40.67 2012 down 5.1% rising
86 Cambodia 40.32 2012 up 12.6% flat
87 Pakistan 40.01 2020 down 4.7% flat
88 Gambia 39.82 2020 up 10.2% rising
89 Belarus 39.7 2010 down 3.8% flat
90 Djibouti 39.68 2017 up 4.4% flat
91 Nepal 39.54 2014 down 10.2% falling
92 Tanzania 38.87 2020 up 1.6% rising
93 Zambia 38.86 2015 up 16.6% rising
94 Uganda 37.82 2016 down 4.7% flat

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Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,246 data points, 1970–2021
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