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

Countries reporting
95
Highest
52.35
France
Lowest
38.38
Uganda
Median
44.68
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,336

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 52.35 in France; the lowest is 38.38 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.68, and the mean is 44.32.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 22.9%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 11.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 52.35 2016 up 16.4% rising
2 Iceland 47.99 2015 up 2.1% rising
3 South Korea 47.79 2017 up 6.3% rising
4 Sweden 47.7 2016 up 3.2% flat
5 Finland 47.61 2016 up 3.7% flat
6 Hungary 47.54 2016 up 9.3% rising
7 Ireland 47.48 2016 up 7.4% flat
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.39 2019 up 8.2% rising
9 Netherlands 47.38 2016 up 4.5% flat
10 Mauritius 47.19 2017 up 9.3% rising
11 Germany 47.14 2011 up 3.4% flat
12 Kazakhstan 47.12 2018 up 14.6% rising
13 Italy 46.97 2016 up 7.6% rising
14 Austria 46.72 2016 up 3.1% flat
15 Uruguay 46.67 2021 up 1.5% flat
16 Malta 46.66 2016 up 6.7% rising
17 Denmark 46.6 2016 up 2.0% flat
18 Australia 46.5 2015 up 2.1% flat
19 Thailand 46.4 2021 up 6.0% rising
20 Cyprus 46.4 2016 up 1.3% flat
21 Greece 46.38 2016 up 9.2% rising
22 Spain 46.38 2016 up 4.5% rising
23 United Kingdom 46.35 2016 up 2.3% flat
24 Portugal 46.26 2016 up 3.5% flat
25 Czechia 46.22 2016 up 2.4% rising
26 Norway 46.19 2013 down 0.0% flat
27 Chile 46.14 2017 up 2.1% flat
28 Philippines 45.89 2019 up 2.5% flat
29 Panama 45.86 2021 up 5.5% rising
30 Croatia 45.84 2016 down 1.1% flat
31 Bulgaria 45.83 2016 up 4.6% rising
32 Sri Lanka 45.68 2019 up 5.2% rising
33 Slovenia 45.65 2016 up 2.4% flat
34 Dominican Republic 45.59 2013 up 5.8% flat
35 Costa Rica 45.49 2021 up 3.5% rising
36 Belgium 45.47 2016 up 2.9% rising
37 North Macedonia 45.35 2020 up 3.2% flat
38 Serbia 45.14 2018 up 0.1% rising
39 Mexico 45.11 2020 up 3.1% rising
40 Luxembourg 45.1 2016 down 3.4% flat
41 Ukraine 45.04 2014 up 9.4% flat
42 Latvia 45.04 2016 up 6.8% rising
43 Ecuador 44.92 2021 down 0.7% rising
44 Colombia 44.81 2021 up 2.6% flat
45 Montenegro 44.8 2010 up 3.0% flat
46 Argentina 44.78 2021 up 0.1% rising
47 Kyrgyzstan 44.74 2020 up 14.8% rising
48 Albania 44.68 2019 up 10.1% rising
49 Lithuania 44.64 2016 up 6.7% rising
50 Palestine 44.5 2017 up 9.5% rising
51 Egypt 44.45 2019 down 1.1% flat
52 Peru 44.42 2021 up 0.5% rising
53 Poland 44.23 2019 up 0.5% rising
54 Morocco 44.15 2013 up 2.8% flat
55 Slovakia 44.1 2016 up 3.7% rising
56 Estonia 44.07 2016 up 3.2% rising
57 Tunisia 44.03 2015 up 4.7% rising
58 India 44.01 2019 up 2.0% flat
59 El Salvador 43.97 2019 up 0.4% rising
60 Moldova 43.81 2021 down 2.7% rising
61 Jordan 43.72 2016 up 1.6% flat
62 Brazil 43.71 2021 up 2.2% rising
63 Armenia 43.65 2020 up 1.6% flat
64 South Africa 43.41 2020 up 0.5% flat
65 Venezuela 43.39 2006 up 6.9% flat
66 Indonesia 43.18 2019 up 3.3% rising
67 Belize 43 1999 up 1.8% flat
68 Georgia 42.95 2020 down 3.1% flat
69 Romania 42.88 2018 down 2.4% flat
70 Turkey 42.61 2019 up 11.0% rising
71 Guatemala 42.58 2019 up 1.7% rising
72 Bangladesh 42.46 2016 up 12.8% rising
73 Namibia 42.43 2015 up 12.8% rising
74 Bolivia 42.43 2021 up 3.8% rising
75 Trinidad and Tobago 42.39 2011 up 6.0% flat
76 Paraguay 42.37 2021 down 5.1% flat
77 Mongolia 42.35 2021 down 0.0% rising
78 Honduras 42.26 2019 up 2.1% rising
79 Kenya 42.19 2019 up 12.1% flat
80 Nicaragua 42.18 2014 down 0.8% rising
81 Russia 42.1 2016 up 3.6% rising
82 Niger 42.09 2018 up 21.3% flat
83 Jamaica 41.93 2002 down 11.8% falling
84 Rwanda 41.47 2021 rising
85 Ghana 41.22 2016 up 1.9% rising
86 Belarus 40.96 2010 up 0.5% flat
87 Madagascar 40.12 2012 down 5.0% rising
88 Pakistan 39.9 2020 down 4.8% rising
89 Ethiopia 39.53 2021 up 2.3% flat
90 Nepal 39.04 2014 down 9.1% falling
91 Cambodia 38.79 2012 up 6.3% falling
92 Gambia 38.77 2020 up 7.5% flat
93 Zambia 38.71 2015 up 22.9% rising
94 Tanzania 38.69 2020 up 1.1% rising
95 Uganda 38.38 2016 up 3.2% flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,336 data points, 1970–2021
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