Average age of employers, aged 25-64 by country

Countries reporting
92
Highest
52.35
France
Lowest
39.79
Tanzania
Median
45.22
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,246

What the numbers show

Average age of employers, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 52.35 in France; the lowest is 39.79 in Tanzania.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.22, and the mean is 44.95.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 22.0%), and the largest decrease in Jamaica (down 9.9%).

Average age of employers, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 52.35 2016 up 16.3% rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.31 2019 up 8.5% rising
3 Ireland 48.12 2016 up 8.3% flat
4 Iceland 47.99 2015 up 2.0% rising
5 South Korea 47.86 2017 up 6.4% rising
6 Hungary 47.75 2016 up 9.1% rising
7 Sweden 47.74 2016 up 2.3% flat
8 Finland 47.73 2016 up 3.1% flat
9 Mauritius 47.47 2017 up 8.4% rising
10 Netherlands 47.41 2016 up 4.5% flat
11 Germany 47.32 2011 up 3.5% flat
12 Uruguay 47.24 2021 up 1.9% flat
13 Italy 47.21 2016 up 7.3% rising
14 Kazakhstan 47.12 2018 up 12.5% rising
15 Czechia 47.02 2016 up 4.0% rising
16 Malta 46.99 2016 up 5.5% rising
17 Chile 46.89 2017 up 2.8% rising
18 Denmark 46.85 2016 up 2.1% flat
19 Thailand 46.75 2021 up 5.8% rising
20 Portugal 46.65 2016 up 3.7% flat
21 Spain 46.58 2016 up 4.7% rising
22 Greece 46.54 2016 up 8.6% rising
23 Philippines 46.51 2019 up 2.7% flat
24 Cyprus 46.4 2016 up 1.1% flat
25 Costa Rica 46.37 2021 up 4.4% rising
26 United Kingdom 46.35 2016 up 0.7% flat
27 Panama 46.35 2021 up 5.1% flat
28 Norway 46.28 2013 down 0.2% flat
29 Dominican Republic 46.16 2013 up 5.6% flat
30 Kyrgyzstan 46.04 2020 up 9.4% rising
31 Sri Lanka 46.01 2019 up 5.3% rising
32 Croatia 46 2016 down 1.4% flat
33 Bulgaria 45.86 2016 up 4.8% flat
34 Luxembourg 45.85 2016 down 1.8% flat
35 Mexico 45.75 2020 up 2.8% flat
36 Ecuador 45.7 2021 down 0.5% rising
37 Slovenia 45.68 2016 up 2.4% flat
38 North Macedonia 45.68 2020 up 3.4% flat
39 Latvia 45.55 2016 up 6.8% flat
40 Palestine 45.53 2017 up 11.4% rising
41 Colombia 45.45 2021 up 2.5% flat
42 Argentina 45.43 2021 down 1.7% flat
43 Ukraine 45.41 2014 up 9.8% flat
44 Serbia 45.41 2018 up 0.5% rising
45 Montenegro 45.36 2010 up 2.4% rising
46 Albania 45.34 2019 up 9.1% rising
47 Egypt 45.1 2019 down 1.6% flat
48 Peru 45 2021 down 0.3% rising
49 Tunisia 44.89 2015 up 4.4% rising
50 Morocco 44.86 2013 up 3.1% flat
51 El Salvador 44.7 2019 up 0.8% flat
52 Lithuania 44.64 2016 up 6.1% rising
53 Brazil 44.6 2021 up 2.6% rising
54 Poland 44.41 2019 up 0.1% rising
55 India 44.3 2019 up 1.2% flat
56 Jordan 44.24 2016 up 0.6% flat
57 Slovakia 44.21 2016 up 2.6% rising
58 Venezuela 44.11 2006 up 5.8% flat
59 Estonia 44.07 2016 up 2.1% rising
60 Belize 44.06 1999 up 2.5% flat
61 Guatemala 43.92 2019 up 3.3% rising
62 Indonesia 43.92 2019 up 3.3% rising
63 Armenia 43.91 2020 up 1.1% flat
64 South Africa 43.88 2020 up 0.4% flat
65 Moldova 43.81 2021 down 2.7% rising
66 Honduras 43.8 2019 up 0.9% rising
67 Georgia 43.72 2020 down 3.2% flat
68 Namibia 43.64 2015 up 10.6% rising
69 Trinidad and Tobago 43.59 2011 up 4.7% flat
70 Nicaragua 43.57 2014 down 0.3% flat
71 Bangladesh 43.37 2016 up 3.0% flat
72 Niger 43.36 2018 up 14.6% flat
73 Kenya 43.06 2019 up 9.8% flat
74 Bolivia 43.04 2021 up 1.7% flat
75 Turkey 43.02 2019 up 10.6% rising
76 Romania 42.88 2018 down 2.8% falling
77 Jamaica 42.82 2002 down 9.9% falling
78 Russia 42.76 2016 up 2.7% flat
79 Paraguay 42.71 2021 down 5.7% flat
80 Cambodia 42.54 2012 down 0.3% flat
81 Mongolia 42.54 2021 up 0.0% flat
82 Rwanda 42.46 2021 flat
83 Belarus 42.44 2010 up 0.1% flat
84 Madagascar 42.05 2012 down 3.1% flat
85 Ghana 41.81 2016 up 1.0% rising
86 Ethiopia 41.68 2021 up 3.2% flat
87 Zambia 41.59 2015 up 22.0% rising
88 Pakistan 41.53 2020 down 3.5% flat
89 Gambia 41.49 2020 up 7.6% rising
90 Nepal 41.18 2014 down 6.7% falling
91 Uganda 39.86 2016 down 8.6% flat
92 Tanzania 39.79 2020 up 0.6% rising

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 25-64
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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