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

Countries reporting
107
Highest
49.25
South Korea
Lowest
32.34
Niger
Median
41.38
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,584

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 49.25 in South Korea; the lowest is 32.34 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.38, and the mean is 41.37.

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

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 24.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 5.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 49.25 2017 up 4.9% rising
2 Denmark 48.74 2016 up 6.3% flat
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.48 2019 up 13.0% rising
4 Hungary 47.57 2016 up 12.9% rising
5 Ireland 47.38 2016 up 2.6% rising
6 Serbia 47.16 2018 up 4.3% rising
7 Finland 47.05 2016 down 0.0% rising
8 Norway 46.74 2016 up 3.0% flat
9 Iceland 46.73 2015 up 1.3% flat
10 Sweden 46.72 2016 up 1.9% flat
11 Lithuania 46.61 2016 up 8.3% rising
12 Greece 46.28 2016 up 5.4% rising
13 Netherlands 46.13 2016 up 3.9% rising
14 Austria 46.05 2016 up 5.3% rising
15 Sri Lanka 46.01 2019 up 6.7% rising
16 Georgia 45.97 2020 up 4.7% rising
17 Germany 45.54 2011 up 1.9% flat
18 Armenia 45.53 2020 up 7.8% rising
19 Portugal 45.45 2016 down 2.5% rising
20 Latvia 45.41 2016 up 2.2% rising
21 Luxembourg 45.38 2016 up 5.0% rising
22 Spain 45.26 2016 up 2.3% rising
23 France 45.23 2016 up 2.1% flat
24 United States 45.04 2018 down 1.4% rising
25 Malta 45.01 2016 up 4.2% flat
26 Croatia 44.96 2016 down 1.0% flat
27 Italy 44.9 2016 up 5.8% rising
28 Thailand 44.82 2021 up 8.2% rising
29 Estonia 44.77 2016 down 1.5% rising
30 Australia 44.56 2015 up 1.9% flat
31 North Macedonia 44.49 2020 up 10.2% rising
32 Chile 44.46 2017 up 3.2% rising
33 Belgium 44.36 2016 up 3.0% rising
34 Bulgaria 44.34 2016 up 1.8% rising
35 United Kingdom 44.27 2016 down 2.3% rising
36 Puerto Rico 44.26 2005 up 13.9% flat
37 Czechia 44.21 2016 up 5.1% rising
38 Slovenia 44.14 2016 up 0.2% flat
39 Costa Rica 44 2021 up 4.0% rising
40 Mauritius 43.62 2017 up 6.6% rising
41 Poland 43.37 2019 down 0.5% flat
42 Tunisia 43.02 2015 up 10.1% rising
43 Cyprus 43.01 2016 down 4.3% flat
44 Montenegro 42.71 2010 up 15.2% rising
45 Slovakia 42.64 2016 up 4.0% rising
46 Moldova 42.55 2021 down 1.8% rising
47 Uruguay 42.21 2021 down 1.1% flat
48 Turkey 42.19 2019 up 11.6% rising
49 Ukraine 42.17 2014 up 8.3% flat
50 Mexico 41.79 2020 up 5.4% rising
51 Indonesia 41.62 2019 up 8.4% rising
52 Mongolia 41.51 2021 up 12.6% rising
53 Romania 41.51 2018 up 4.8% rising
54 Argentina 41.38 2021 down 2.9% rising
55 Kazakhstan 41.21 2018 up 7.4% rising
56 South Africa 41.18 2020 up 4.0% rising
57 Philippines 41.1 2019 up 6.3% rising
58 Belarus 41.05 2010 up 15.4% rising
59 Djibouti 41.03 2017 up 24.8% rising
60 Kosovo 40.83 2017 up 9.5% rising
60 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.83 2017 up 9.5% rising
62 Jamaica 40.38 2002 up 4.2% flat
63 El Salvador 40.35 2019 up 6.7% rising
64 Brazil 40.32 2021 down 1.4% rising
65 Panama 40.28 2021 up 0.4% rising
66 Peru 40.2 2021 up 5.0% rising
67 Trinidad and Tobago 40.12 2011 up 4.6% flat
68 India 39.98 2019 up 6.7% rising
69 Paraguay 39.76 2021 up 0.6% rising
70 Albania 39.75 2019 up 1.6% rising
71 Ecuador 39.73 2021 down 4.1% rising
72 Kyrgyzstan 39.66 2020 up 7.8% rising
73 Colombia 39.59 2021 up 1.9% rising
74 Kenya 39.58 2019 up 10.3% rising
75 Jordan 39.56 2016 up 2.8% rising
76 Bolivia 39.38 2021 up 4.1% rising
77 Dominican Republic 39.12 2013 up 2.9% flat
78 Morocco 39.03 2013 up 9.0% rising
79 Senegal 38.82 2018 up 16.0% rising
80 Venezuela 38.67 2006 up 3.3% flat
81 Bangladesh 38.51 2016 up 6.3% rising
82 Namibia 38.04 2015 up 18.0% rising
83 Nigeria 37.98 2012 down 2.3% flat
84 Belize 37.86 1999 up 3.0% flat
85 Honduras 37.42 2019 up 2.8% rising
86 Gambia 37.33 2020 up 9.2% flat
87 Palestine 37.08 2017 up 1.2% rising
88 Guatemala 37.05 2019 up 2.4% rising
89 Cambodia 36.76 2012 up 7.7% rising
90 Egypt 36.72 2019 up 7.5% rising
91 Laos 36.61 2018 up 6.8% rising
92 Nicaragua 36.55 2014 up 3.0% rising
93 Ghana 36.35 2016 up 1.3% rising
94 Russia 36.09 2016 down 4.0% flat
95 Togo 36.01 2018 up 8.0% rising
96 Zambia 35.82 2015 up 6.3% rising
97 Rwanda 35.64 2021 up 1.3% rising
98 Nepal 35.28 2014 up 10.5% rising
99 Pakistan 35.19 2020 up 2.0% flat
100 Tanzania 34.7 2020 up 1.2% flat
101 Mozambique 34.16 2014 up 1.0% flat
102 Madagascar 33.98 2012 up 1.9% flat
103 Guinea 33.92 2018 down 1.2% rising
104 Ethiopia 33.45 2021 up 1.1% rising
105 Malawi 32.92 2019 up 0.6% falling
106 Uganda 32.78 2016 up 3.1% flat
107 Niger 32.34 2018 down 5.4% flat

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Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,584 data points, 1970–2021
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