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Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-24 by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
24
Luxembourg
Lowest
17.38
Denmark
Median
20.96
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,487

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 24 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 17.38 in Denmark.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.96, and the mean is 20.94.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 12.6%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 25.9%).

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 24 2015 up 9.6% rising
2 Norway 23.63 2016 up 8.0% rising
3 Latvia 23.51 2016 up 4.1% rising
4 France 23.26 2016 up 0.0% flat
5 Belarus 23 2010 up 0.8% flat
6 Germany 23 2011 up 9.0% rising
7 Cyprus 23 2016 down 0.1% flat
8 Czechia 22.87 2016 up 2.4% rising
9 Lithuania 22.61 2016 up 2.5% rising
10 Malta 22.59 2016 up 2.8% flat
11 Slovakia 22.57 2016 down 0.9% flat
12 Netherlands 22.5 2016 up 1.9% rising
13 Sweden 22.5 2016 up 6.6% flat
14 Iceland 22.47 2015 up 5.6% flat
15 Italy 22.46 2016 down 1.1% rising
16 Croatia 22.3 2016 up 2.9% flat
17 Slovenia 22.27 2016 down 1.4% rising
18 Poland 22.27 2019 down 0.5% rising
19 Sri Lanka 22.21 2019 up 5.1% flat
20 Ukraine 22.19 2014 up 3.9% flat
21 Portugal 22.18 2016 up 1.4% rising
22 South Africa 22.14 2020 up 2.9% rising
23 Greece 22.07 2016 up 0.2% rising
24 Kazakhstan 21.99 2018 up 4.4% flat
25 Russia 21.98 2016 up 2.8% flat
26 Hungary 21.92 2016 down 1.9% flat
27 Bulgaria 21.9 2016 up 5.6% rising
28 Finland 21.85 2016 down 3.0% rising
29 Spain 21.84 2016 up 2.1% rising
30 Mongolia 21.8 2021 up 5.0% rising
31 United Kingdom 21.79 2016 down 2.2% rising
32 Kosovo 21.77 2017 up 1.0% flat
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 21.77 2017 up 1.0% flat
34 Chile 21.7 2017 up 4.3% flat
35 Belgium 21.69 2003 down 0.2% flat
36 Puerto Rico 21.68 2005 up 0.0% flat
37 Namibia 21.56 2015 up 6.3% rising
38 South Korea 21.5 2017 down 1.7% flat
39 Estonia 21.49 2016 down 2.9% flat
40 Albania 21.36 2019 up 4.1% rising
41 Jamaica 21.33 2002 up 5.0% rising
42 Moldova 21.32 2021 up 5.1% flat
43 Austria 21.25 2003 up 0.1% flat
44 Thailand 21.24 2021 up 2.6% rising
45 Trinidad and Tobago 21.23 2011 up 3.8% rising
46 Kenya 21.23 2019 up 5.8% flat
47 Costa Rica 21.16 2021 up 2.9% rising
48 Montenegro 21.12 2010 down 4.0% flat
49 Mauritius 21.08 2017 up 2.5% flat
50 North Macedonia 21.08 2020 up 4.3% flat
51 Argentina 21.05 2021 up 1.2% flat
52 Serbia 21.01 2018 down 0.7% flat
53 Uruguay 21.01 2021 up 3.7% flat
54 Rwanda 20.91 2021 up 3.1% rising
55 India 20.87 2019 up 3.3% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.87 2019 down 1.1% flat
57 Armenia 20.79 2020 up 1.9% flat
58 Romania 20.78 2018 down 1.6% rising
59 Brazil 20.74 2021 up 5.0% rising
60 Ireland 20.73 2016 down 9.5% rising
61 United States 20.7 2018 down 2.1% flat
62 Tunisia 20.67 2015 up 3.1% flat
63 Gambia 20.65 2020 up 5.4% flat
64 Colombia 20.63 2021 up 3.4% flat
65 Palestine 20.48 2017 up 2.2% flat
66 Jordan 20.46 2016 down 1.7% flat
67 Zambia 20.43 2015 down 0.0% flat
68 Dominican Republic 20.34 2013 down 1.0% flat
69 Bangladesh 20.34 2016 up 1.1% flat
70 Venezuela 20.26 2006 up 0.5% flat
71 Indonesia 20.25 2019 up 0.8% flat
72 Egypt 20.18 2019 down 0.4% rising
73 Morocco 20.15 2013 up 3.0% flat
74 Georgia 20.15 2020 down 3.2% flat
75 Panama 20.13 2021 up 3.4% flat
76 Djibouti 20.08 2017 up 2.4% rising
77 El Salvador 19.89 2019 up 3.3% flat
78 Turkey 19.87 2019 up 12.6% rising
79 Mexico 19.85 2020 up 2.7% flat
80 Pakistan 19.8 2020 up 1.9% flat
81 Senegal 19.77 2018 up 2.1% flat
82 Kyrgyzstan 19.76 2020 down 1.4% flat
83 Laos 19.75 2018 up 3.3% flat
84 Bolivia 19.73 2021 up 2.8% flat
85 Paraguay 19.68 2021 up 3.0% flat
86 Guinea 19.67 2018 up 6.8% flat
87 Nicaragua 19.63 2014 up 1.6% flat
88 Togo 19.61 2018 up 2.6% flat
89 Philippines 19.61 2019 up 1.4% flat
90 Nigeria 19.59 2012 down 1.0% flat
91 Ecuador 19.56 2021 down 1.6% flat
92 Tanzania 19.53 2020 up 0.1% flat
93 Cambodia 19.46 2012 up 0.2% flat
94 Ghana 19.44 2016 down 1.5% flat
95 Mozambique 19.38 2014 down 2.3% flat
96 Madagascar 19.32 2012 up 0.1% flat
97 Uganda 19.27 2016 up 1.3% falling
98 Belize 19.27 1999 down 0.9% flat
99 Guatemala 19.25 2019 up 1.2% flat
100 Honduras 19.23 2019 up 1.5% flat
101 Ethiopia 19.08 2021 down 1.2% flat
102 Nepal 19.08 2014 up 0.8% flat
103 Malawi 19 2019 down 2.6% falling
104 Peru 18.78 2021 up 0.3% flat
105 Niger 18.56 2018 down 3.3% flat
106 Denmark 17.38 2016 down 25.9% flat

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Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,487 data points, 1970–2021
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