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

Countries reporting
84
Highest
54.27
France
Lowest
36.54
Gambia
Median
44.41
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
1,125

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 54.27 in France; the lowest is 36.54 in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.41, and the mean is 44.29.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in France (up 26.1%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 19.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 54.27 2016 up 26.1% rising
2 Ireland 50.42 2016 up 14.5% rising
3 United Kingdom 49.41 2016 up 5.2% rising
4 Iceland 49.17 2015 up 6.2% rising
5 Hungary 49.15 2016 up 14.4% rising
6 Cyprus 48.92 2016 up 10.9% rising
7 Uruguay 48.76 2021 up 1.9% flat
8 South Korea 48.64 2017 up 6.5% rising
9 Finland 48.64 2016 up 5.7% flat
10 Armenia 48.49 2020 down 6.7% flat
11 Denmark 48.41 2016 up 3.8% rising
12 Panama 47.87 2021 up 2.5% rising
13 Chile 47.56 2017 up 2.4% flat
14 Ukraine 47.52 2014 up 14.1% rising
15 Spain 47.49 2016 up 7.6% rising
16 Norway 47.49 2013 up 4.1% rising
17 Germany 47.46 2011 up 4.6% flat
18 Sweden 47.31 2016 up 1.5% flat
19 Thailand 46.91 2021 up 8.1% rising
20 Bulgaria 46.83 2016 up 8.2% rising
21 Costa Rica 46.66 2021 up 5.5% rising
22 Colombia 46.41 2021 up 1.3% flat
23 Dominican Republic 46.34 2013 up 7.4% flat
24 Portugal 46.28 2016 up 3.8% rising
25 Ecuador 46.06 2021 down 1.3% rising
26 Greece 46.04 2016 up 9.0% rising
27 Philippines 46.04 2019 up 2.6% flat
28 Latvia 46 2016 up 9.8% rising
29 Czechia 45.95 2016 up 0.4% flat
30 North Macedonia 45.84 2020 up 4.0% flat
31 Kosovo 45.82 2017 up 20.0% rising
31 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 45.82 2017 up 20.0% rising
33 Luxembourg 45.78 2016 down 3.0% flat
34 Italy 45.57 2016 up 4.8% rising
35 Peru 45.48 2021 up 2.6% rising
36 Sri Lanka 45.37 2019 up 5.0% rising
37 Brazil 45.32 2021 up 0.5% flat
38 Kazakhstan 45.16 2017 up 11.5% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 44.95 2020 up 16.2% rising
40 Egypt 44.61 2019 down 0.9% flat
41 Estonia 44.58 2016 up 2.6% rising
42 Croatia 44.47 2016 down 5.4% flat
43 Mexico 44.35 2020 up 1.8% flat
44 India 44.35 2019 down 0.3% flat
45 Poland 43.86 2019 up 1.8% flat
46 Lithuania 43.86 2016 up 4.7% rising
47 Belize 43.8 1999 down 0.5% flat
48 Jamaica 43.76 2002 down 1.5% flat
49 Serbia 43.68 2018 down 4.4% rising
50 Mongolia 43.65 2021 down 19.2% falling
51 Paraguay 43.61 2021 up 1.2% flat
52 Tunisia 43.56 2015 up 3.5% flat
53 Slovakia 43.55 2016 up 0.5% flat
54 Indonesia 43.12 2019 up 3.3% rising
55 South Africa 43.03 2020 up 1.1% flat
56 Romania 42.92 2018 down 2.1% flat
57 El Salvador 42.9 2019 down 3.5% flat
58 Bangladesh 42.77 2016 up 11.5% rising
59 Bolivia 42.72 2021 up 0.7% rising
60 Turkey 42.61 2013 up 14.4% rising
61 Namibia 42.39 2015 up 9.5% falling
62 Ethiopia 42.36 2021 up 8.8% rising
63 Honduras 42.36 2019 up 2.7% rising
64 Palestine 41.95 2017 up 8.5% rising
65 Morocco 41.92 2013 down 3.1% falling
66 Venezuela 41.78 2002 up 1.3% flat
67 Moldova 41.35 2021 up 2.5% flat
68 Guatemala 41.25 2019 up 6.4% rising
69 Georgia 41.24 2020 down 8.8% falling
70 Ghana 41.08 2016 down 2.0% rising
71 Djibouti 40.83 2017 up 2.6% falling
72 Jordan 40.47 2016 down 6.2% falling
73 Madagascar 40.25 2012 down 9.7% flat
74 Nicaragua 40.21 2014 down 3.4% rising
75 Russia 40.02 2016 down 3.1% flat
76 Belarus 39.57 2010 down 3.0% rising
77 Nepal 39.38 2014 down 8.6% falling
78 Zambia 38.84 2015 up 2.5% falling
79 Uganda 38.81 2016 up 9.1% falling
80 Pakistan 38.68 2020 down 2.5% flat
81 Rwanda 38.53 2021 — rising
82 Tanzania 36.61 2020 down 7.5% rising
83 Cambodia 36.6 2012 up 16.7% falling
84 Gambia 36.54 2020 down 3.2% flat

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Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,125 data points, 1981–2021
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