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Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, male by country

Countries reporting
105
Highest
49.41
Korea
Lowest
32.27
Malawi
Median
40.97
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,476

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 49.41 in Korea; the lowest is 32.27 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.97, and the mean is 41.16.

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

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 23.6%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 19.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea 49.41 2017 up 5.2% rising
2 Denmark 48.79 2016 up 6.2% flat
3 Hungary 48.27 2016 up 14.3% rising
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.01 2019 up 13.3% rising
5 Iceland 47.79 2015 up 2.3% flat
6 Ireland 47.7 2016 up 3.3% rising
7 Finland 47.42 2016 up 0.3% rising
8 Portugal 47.16 2016 up 1.9% rising
9 Norway 46.88 2016 up 2.9% flat
10 Sri Lanka 46.25 2019 up 7.8% rising
11 Serbia 46.14 2018 up 2.8% rising
12 Greece 45.94 2016 up 5.5% rising
13 Spain 45.75 2016 up 3.3% rising
14 Sweden 45.74 2016 down 0.9% flat
15 Malta 45.71 2016 up 4.4% flat
16 Netherlands 45.61 2016 up 1.9% rising
17 Luxembourg 45.55 2016 up 6.4% rising
18 Italy 45.43 2016 up 6.2% rising
19 France 45.41 2016 up 2.0% flat
20 Costa Rica 45.13 2021 up 3.8% rising
21 Lithuania 45.11 2016 up 5.3% rising
22 United States of America 45.09 2018 down 1.7% flat
23 Croatia 45.07 2016 down 0.8% flat
24 Chile 44.93 2017 up 4.0% rising
25 Germany 44.89 2011 up 0.1% flat
26 Estonia 44.71 2016 up 1.1% rising
27 Slovenia 44.52 2016 up 0.5% rising
28 Latvia 44.47 2016 up 4.2% rising
29 Puerto Rico 44.42 2005 up 12.2% flat
30 North Macedonia 44.39 2020 up 9.8% rising
31 Georgia 44.37 2020 up 4.7% rising
32 Armenia 44.31 2020 up 7.8% rising
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 44.27 2016 down 3.2% rising
34 Cyprus 44.15 2016 down 3.6% flat
35 Czechia 44.08 2016 up 4.9% rising
36 Mauritius 43.96 2017 up 7.9% rising
37 Thailand 43.93 2021 up 8.1% rising
38 Bulgaria 43.46 2016 up 0.7% flat
39 Poland 43.32 2019 down 0.0% flat
40 Belgium 43.19 2003 up 4.6% flat
41 Austria 43.13 2003 up 1.9% flat
42 Tunisia 42.97 2015 up 10.9% rising
43 Argentina 42.48 2021 down 1.3% flat
44 Uruguay 42.4 2021 down 0.9% flat
45 Republic of Moldova 42.35 2021 down 0.7% rising
46 Montenegro 42.32 2010 up 15.0% rising
47 Türkiye 42.29 2019 up 11.4% rising
48 Ukraine 42.04 2014 up 8.5% flat
49 Mexico 41.83 2020 up 5.7% rising
50 Slovak Republic 41.64 2016 up 2.1% rising
51 Indonesia 41.41 2019 up 8.8% rising
52 Kosovo 41.14 2017 up 9.7% rising
53 Kazakhstan 40.97 2018 up 8.9% rising
54 Djibouti 40.95 2017 up 13.2% rising
55 Belarus 40.84 2010 up 15.8% rising
56 Brazil 40.72 2021 down 0.1% rising
57 Romania 40.63 2018 up 4.9% rising
58 Mongolia 40.58 2021 up 11.9% rising
59 Panama 40.43 2021 up 0.6% rising
60 South Africa 40.4 2020 up 4.4% rising
61 Philippines 40.27 2019 up 7.8% rising
62 Kenya 40.05 2019 up 12.5% rising
63 Jamaica 40.04 2002 up 7.7% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 40.02 2011 up 5.2% flat
65 India 39.95 2019 up 6.3% rising
66 Peru 39.93 2021 up 5.4% rising
67 Morocco 39.75 2013 up 11.8% rising
68 Colombia 39.54 2021 up 2.7% rising
69 Jordan 39.47 2016 up 2.7% rising
70 El Salvador 39.46 2019 up 7.8% rising
71 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 39.27 2021 up 4.5% rising
72 Paraguay 39.17 2021 up 1.8% rising
73 Bangladesh 39.15 2016 up 7.1% rising
74 Ecuador 39.12 2021 down 5.7% rising
75 Kyrgyzstan 38.8 2020 up 6.5% rising
76 Dominican Republic 38.57 2013 up 2.4% flat
77 Russia 38.51 2016 up 1.8% rising
78 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 38.31 2006 up 2.6% flat
79 Namibia 38.13 2015 up 13.8% rising
80 Senegal 37.81 2018 up 16.3% rising
81 Nigeria 37.7 2012 down 3.5% flat
82 Belize 37.49 1999 up 4.2% flat
83 Gambia 37.14 2020 up 8.2% flat
84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.98 2018 up 5.8% rising
85 Guatemala 36.82 2019 up 2.0% rising
86 Palestine, State of 36.43 2017 up 1.7% rising
87 Guinea 36.39 2018 up 5.0% rising
88 Honduras 36.37 2019 up 5.0% flat
89 Cambodia 36.26 2012 up 7.8% flat
90 Nepal 36.23 2014 up 23.6% rising
91 Zambia 36.13 2015 up 6.8% rising
92 Egypt 35.94 2019 up 12.8% rising
93 Togo 35.85 2018 up 7.6% rising
94 Pakistan 35.76 2020 up 2.6% flat
95 Ghana 35.72 2016 up 0.7% flat
96 Nicaragua 35.21 2014 up 3.4% rising
97 Rwanda 35.16 2021 up 0.8% rising
98 Tanzania, United Republic of 34.64 2020 up 1.8% flat
99 Mozambique 34.23 2014 down 2.6% flat
100 Madagascar 34.09 2012 up 1.2% flat
101 Ethiopia 34.02 2021 up 1.6% rising
102 Niger 32.71 2018 down 5.4% flat
103 Albania 32.37 2019 down 19.4% flat
104 Uganda 32.28 2016 up 1.5% falling
105 Malawi 32.27 2019 down 1.9% falling

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Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,476 data points, 1970–2021
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