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

Countries reporting
86
Highest
50.15
France
Lowest
37.83
Uganda
Median
44.41
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
1,152

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 50.15 in France; the lowest is 37.83 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.41, and the mean is 44.17.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 26.5%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 19.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 50.15 2016 up 9.9% rising
2 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 49.84 2017 up 20.8% rising
2 Kosovo 49.84 2017 up 20.8% rising
4 Sweden 47.92 2016 up 5.1% flat
5 South Korea 47.66 2017 up 6.3% rising
6 Iceland 47.63 2015 up 0.2% flat
7 Italy 47.57 2016 up 8.9% rising
8 Germany 47.04 2011 up 3.0% flat
9 Finland 47 2016 up 2.8% flat
10 Croatia 46.89 2016 up 2.3% flat
11 Malta 46.66 2016 up 6.7% rising
12 Greece 46.61 2016 up 9.0% rising
13 Uruguay 46.48 2021 up 2.1% flat
14 Czechia 46.37 2016 up 3.6% rising
15 Sri Lanka 46.36 2019 up 4.8% rising
16 Hungary 46.3 2016 up 5.5% rising
17 Portugal 46.26 2016 up 3.4% flat
18 Thailand 46.04 2021 up 4.3% rising
19 Chile 45.95 2017 up 1.9% flat
20 Spain 45.93 2016 up 3.2% rising
21 Philippines 45.65 2019 up 2.3% flat
22 Ireland 45.64 2016 up 2.8% flat
23 Serbia 45.64 2018 up 2.1% flat
24 Palestine 45.58 2017 up 9.6% rising
25 Bulgaria 45.56 2016 up 6.0% rising
26 Denmark 45.53 2016 up 1.1% flat
27 United Kingdom 45.52 2016 up 1.3% flat
28 Panama 45.51 2021 up 6.5% flat
29 Norway 45.47 2013 down 2.4% flat
30 Dominican Republic 45.46 2013 up 5.6% rising
31 Mexico 45.3 2020 up 3.4% rising
32 Cyprus 45.28 2016 down 2.8% flat
33 Lithuania 45.26 2016 up 8.3% rising
34 Costa Rica 45.16 2021 up 2.9% rising
35 North Macedonia 45.14 2020 up 2.9% flat
36 Moldova 45.11 2021 down 5.0% rising
37 Cambodia 44.98 2012 up 4.6% flat
38 Argentina 44.78 2021 down 1.6% flat
39 Ecuador 44.78 2021 up 0.2% rising
40 Latvia 44.63 2016 up 5.4% flat
41 Morocco 44.62 2013 up 4.1% flat
42 El Salvador 44.46 2019 up 2.0% rising
43 Nicaragua 44.41 2014 up 3.4% flat
44 Colombia 44.4 2021 up 2.9% rising
45 Poland 44.4 2019 down 0.7% rising
46 Slovakia 44.36 2016 up 5.5% rising
47 Ukraine 44.29 2014 up 7.8% flat
48 Peru 44.22 2021 up 0.1% rising
49 Tunisia 44.16 2015 up 5.0% rising
50 Luxembourg 44.11 2016 down 5.0% flat
51 Egypt 44.07 2019 down 1.5% flat
52 Jordan 43.89 2016 up 2.0% flat
53 Rwanda 43.79 2021 — rising
54 Estonia 43.75 2016 up 3.7% rising
55 Venezuela 43.7 2002 down 1.4% flat
56 India 43.64 2019 up 4.4% rising
57 Brazil 43.6 2021 up 2.4% rising
58 South Africa 43.52 2020 up 0.3% flat
59 Georgia 43.41 2020 down 2.0% flat
60 Armenia 43.31 2020 up 2.7% flat
61 Kyrgyzstan 43.26 2020 up 10.1% flat
62 Indonesia 43.21 2019 up 3.3% rising
63 Guatemala 43.18 2019 up 1.3% rising
64 Romania 42.81 2018 down 2.6% flat
65 Kazakhstan 42.8 2017 up 3.8% rising
66 Namibia 42.61 2015 up 16.0% rising
67 Russia 42.38 2016 up 4.7% rising
68 Bolivia 42.36 2021 up 4.8% rising
69 Belize 42.21 1999 up 3.5% flat
70 Honduras 42.18 2019 up 1.4% rising
71 Paraguay 42.05 2021 down 7.0% flat
72 Mongolia 42.01 2021 down 0.6% rising
73 Bangladesh 41.8 2016 up 18.0% rising
74 Ghana 41.28 2016 up 5.6% rising
75 Belarus 41.07 2010 up 8.1% falling
76 Jamaica 40.77 2002 down 19.6% falling
77 Turkey 40.67 2013 up 9.7% rising
78 Pakistan 40.37 2020 down 5.9% rising
79 Gambia 39.92 2020 up 12.2% flat
80 Tanzania 39.57 2020 up 6.3% rising
81 Madagascar 39.35 2012 down 1.3% rising
82 Nepal 38.85 2014 down 7.3% flat
83 Zambia 38.68 2015 up 26.5% rising
84 Djibouti 38.61 2017 up 7.7% flat
85 Ethiopia 38.15 2021 up 2.6% falling
86 Uganda 37.83 2016 down 7.5% flat

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Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,152 data points, 1981–2021
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