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Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, above primary education by country

Countries reporting
103
Highest
49.7
Hungary
Lowest
25.71
Niger
Median
40.33
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,374

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 49.7 in Hungary; the lowest is 25.71 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.33, and the mean is 39.68.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 22.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 36.8%).

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, above: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hungary 49.7 2016 up 18.0% rising
2 Denmark 49.19 2016 up 6.8% rising
3 Finland 48.97 2016 up 4.0% rising
4 Norway 48.57 2016 up 6.7% rising
5 Korea 48.56 2017 up 7.6% rising
6 Sweden 48.5 2016 up 6.9% rising
7 Lithuania 48.49 2016 up 12.8% rising
8 Netherlands 47.68 2016 up 7.6% rising
9 Croatia 47.53 2016 up 5.4% rising
10 Iceland 47.18 2015 up 2.7% flat
11 Ireland 46.89 2016 up 6.1% rising
12 Latvia 46.87 2016 up 5.8% rising
13 Estonia 46.56 2016 up 2.0% rising
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.34 2019 up 16.0% rising
15 Bulgaria 46.31 2016 up 6.4% rising
16 Georgia 46.04 2020 up 5.2% rising
17 Greece 45.98 2016 up 14.4% rising
18 Malta 45.78 2016 up 10.9% rising
19 Slovenia 45.77 2016 up 6.0% rising
20 Germany 45.57 2011 up 2.2% flat
21 Armenia 45.52 2020 up 7.8% rising
22 Spain 45.49 2016 up 8.8% rising
23 Slovak Republic 45.43 2016 up 10.9% rising
24 Serbia 45.38 2018 up 6.6% rising
25 United States 45.08 2018 down 1.5% flat
26 Luxembourg 44.99 2016 up 6.0% rising
27 France 44.96 2016 up 4.0% flat
28 United Kingdom 44.74 2016 down 1.5% flat
29 Italy 44.69 2016 up 8.1% rising
30 Sri Lanka 44.58 2019 up 8.1% rising
31 Austria 43.45 2003 up 2.3% flat
32 Puerto Rico 43.37 2005 up 13.5% rising
33 Montenegro 43.23 2010 up 19.3% rising
34 Portugal 43.22 2016 up 9.4% rising
35 Poland 43 2019 up 0.8% flat
36 Czechia 42.93 2016 up 2.1% rising
37 Cyprus 42.68 2016 up 1.5% flat
38 Republic of Moldova 42.55 2021 down 5.1% rising
39 Belgium 42.23 2003 up 3.9% flat
40 Ukraine 42.17 2014 up 8.4% flat
41 Mauritius 42.07 2017 up 6.9% rising
42 Chile 41.81 2017 up 5.1% rising
43 North Macedonia 41.79 2020 up 8.2% rising
44 Costa Rica 41.54 2021 up 3.0% rising
45 Mongolia 41.48 2021 up 11.2% rising
46 Kazakhstan 41.23 2018 up 2.0% flat
47 Belarus 41.05 2010 up 15.4% rising
48 Tunisia 40.88 2015 up 19.4% rising
49 Uruguay 40.83 2021 down 0.2% rising
50 Kosovo 40.73 2017 down 3.2% rising
51 Jordan 40.55 2016 up 10.5% rising
52 Argentina 40.33 2021 down 5.2% falling
53 Philippines 39.84 2019 up 6.7% rising
54 Kyrgyzstan 39.67 2020 up 7.9% rising
55 Albania 39.55 2019 up 1.2% rising
56 South Africa 39.51 2020 up 5.4% rising
57 Mexico 39.41 2020 up 2.9% rising
58 Romania 39.34 2018 up 0.5% rising
59 Thailand 38.64 2021 up 12.7% rising
60 Panama 38.09 2021 up 0.0% rising
61 Jamaica 37.77 2002 up 18.0% rising
62 Trinidad and Tobago 37.46 2011 up 7.7% rising
63 Brazil 37.38 2021 down 3.1% rising
64 Djibouti 37.19 2017 up 22.6% rising
65 Indonesia 36.99 2019 up 9.6% rising
66 Colombia 36.95 2021 up 2.8% rising
67 Namibia 36.81 2015 up 6.0% rising
68 India 36.5 2019 up 4.2% rising
69 Peru 36.42 2021 up 6.0% rising
70 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.39 2006 up 6.0% rising
71 Russia 36.14 2016 down 3.9% flat
72 Palestine, State of 36.11 2017 up 2.4% rising
73 Dominican Republic 35.92 2013 up 2.9% rising
74 Bangladesh 35.85 2016 up 0.4% flat
75 El Salvador 35.78 2019 up 6.6% rising
76 Ecuador 35.54 2021 down 6.6% rising
77 Belize 35.48 1999 up 5.6% flat
78 Paraguay 34.92 2021 up 5.9% rising
79 Ghana 34.91 2016 down 3.2% rising
80 Türkiye 34.7 2019 up 16.4% rising
81 Zambia 34.59 2015 up 4.3% flat
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 34.43 2021 up 4.6% rising
83 Egypt 34.38 2019 up 19.3% rising
84 Cambodia 34.29 2012 up 6.6% flat
85 Pakistan 34.18 2020 up 1.2% flat
86 Morocco 34.17 2013 up 3.9% rising
87 Gambia 33.77 2020 up 7.7% flat
88 Madagascar 32.9 2012 up 2.7% rising
89 Nicaragua 32.78 2014 up 2.2% rising
90 Rwanda 32.45 2021 down 4.6% flat
91 Senegal 32.3 2018 down 1.9% falling
92 Uganda 32.05 2016 up 6.2% rising
93 Honduras 31.77 2019 up 2.5% flat
94 Guatemala 31.41 2019 up 4.3% rising
95 Guinea 31.38 2018 up 8.8% rising
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 31.19 2018 up 1.9% flat
97 Togo 31.08 2018 up 0.0% falling
98 Tanzania, United Republic of 29.57 2020 down 3.7% falling
99 Malawi 29.29 2019 down 3.6% falling
100 Nepal 28.7 2014 up 16.0% rising
101 Ethiopia 28.12 2021 up 0.8% flat
102 Mozambique 26.67 2014 down 16.4% falling
103 Niger 25.71 2018 down 36.8% falling

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Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
103 places, 1,374 data points, 1970–2021
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