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

Countries reporting
98
Highest
52.35
France
Lowest
38.38
Uganda
Median
44.71
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,350

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 52.35 in France; the lowest is 38.38 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.71, and the mean is 44.32.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 17 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 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 47.06 2017 down 1.5% rising
13 Kosovo 47.06 2017 down 1.5% rising
15 Italy 46.97 2016 up 7.6% rising
16 Austria 46.72 2016 up 3.1% flat
17 Uruguay 46.67 2021 up 1.5% flat
18 Malta 46.66 2016 up 6.7% rising
19 Denmark 46.6 2016 up 2.0% flat
20 Australia 46.5 2015 up 2.1% flat
21 Thailand 46.4 2021 up 6.0% rising
22 Cyprus 46.4 2016 up 1.3% flat
23 Greece 46.38 2016 up 9.2% rising
24 Spain 46.38 2016 up 4.5% rising
25 United Kingdom 46.35 2016 up 2.3% flat
26 Portugal 46.26 2016 up 3.5% flat
27 Czechia 46.22 2016 up 2.4% rising
28 Norway 46.19 2013 down 0.0% flat
29 Chile 46.14 2017 up 2.1% flat
30 Philippines 45.89 2019 up 2.5% flat
31 Panama 45.86 2021 up 5.5% rising
32 Croatia 45.84 2016 down 1.1% flat
33 Bulgaria 45.83 2016 up 4.6% rising
34 Sri Lanka 45.68 2019 up 5.2% rising
35 Slovenia 45.65 2016 up 2.4% flat
36 Dominican Republic 45.59 2013 up 5.8% flat
37 Costa Rica 45.49 2021 up 3.5% rising
38 Belgium 45.47 2016 up 2.9% rising
39 North Macedonia 45.35 2020 up 3.2% flat
40 Serbia 45.14 2018 up 0.1% rising
41 Mexico 45.11 2020 up 3.1% rising
42 Luxembourg 45.1 2016 down 3.4% flat
43 Ukraine 45.04 2014 up 9.4% flat
44 Latvia 45.04 2016 up 6.8% rising
45 Ecuador 44.92 2021 down 0.7% rising
46 Colombia 44.81 2021 up 2.6% flat
47 Montenegro 44.8 2010 up 3.0% flat
48 Argentina 44.78 2021 up 0.1% rising
49 Kyrgyzstan 44.74 2020 up 14.8% rising
50 Albania 44.68 2019 up 10.1% rising
51 Lithuania 44.64 2016 up 6.7% rising
52 Palestine 44.5 2017 up 9.5% rising
53 Egypt 44.45 2019 down 1.1% flat
54 Peru 44.42 2021 up 0.5% rising
55 Poland 44.23 2019 up 0.5% rising
56 Morocco 44.15 2013 up 2.8% flat
57 Slovakia 44.1 2016 up 3.7% rising
58 Estonia 44.07 2016 up 3.2% rising
59 Tunisia 44.03 2015 up 4.7% rising
60 India 44.01 2019 up 2.0% flat
61 El Salvador 43.97 2019 up 0.4% rising
62 Moldova 43.81 2021 down 2.7% rising
63 Jordan 43.72 2016 up 1.6% flat
64 Brazil 43.71 2021 up 2.2% rising
65 Armenia 43.65 2020 up 1.6% flat
66 South Africa 43.41 2020 up 0.5% flat
67 Venezuela 43.39 2006 up 6.9% flat
68 Indonesia 43.18 2019 up 3.3% rising
69 Belize 43 1999 up 1.8% flat
70 Georgia 42.95 2020 down 3.1% flat
71 Romania 42.88 2018 down 2.4% flat
72 Turkey 42.61 2019 up 11.0% rising
73 Guatemala 42.58 2019 up 1.7% rising
74 Bangladesh 42.46 2016 up 12.8% rising
75 Namibia 42.43 2015 up 12.8% rising
76 Bolivia 42.43 2021 up 3.8% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 42.39 2011 up 6.0% flat
78 Paraguay 42.37 2021 down 5.1% flat
79 Mongolia 42.35 2021 down 0.0% rising
80 Honduras 42.26 2019 up 2.1% rising
81 Kenya 42.19 2019 up 12.1% flat
82 Nicaragua 42.18 2014 down 0.8% rising
83 Russia 42.1 2016 up 3.6% rising
84 Niger 42.09 2018 up 21.3% flat
85 Jamaica 41.93 2002 down 11.8% falling
86 Rwanda 41.47 2021 — rising
87 Ghana 41.22 2016 up 1.9% rising
88 Belarus 40.96 2010 up 0.5% flat
89 Madagascar 40.12 2012 down 5.0% rising
90 Pakistan 39.9 2020 down 4.8% rising
91 Ethiopia 39.53 2021 up 2.3% flat
92 Nepal 39.04 2014 down 9.1% falling
93 Cambodia 38.79 2012 up 6.3% falling
94 Gambia 38.77 2020 up 7.5% flat
95 Zambia 38.71 2015 up 22.9% rising
96 Tanzania 38.69 2020 up 1.1% rising
97 Djibouti 38.68 2017 up 7.5% flat
98 Uganda 38.38 2016 up 3.2% flat

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Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,350 data points, 1970–2021
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