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

Countries reporting
93
Highest
48.43
Korea
Lowest
33.51
Uganda
Median
41.68
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,287

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 48.43 in Korea; the lowest is 33.51 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.68, and the mean is 41.51.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 26.5%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 9.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea 48.43 2017 up 5.7% rising
2 Norway 48.15 2016 up 5.7% rising
3 Denmark 47.98 2016 up 4.7% flat
4 Hungary 46.94 2016 up 12.5% rising
5 Serbia, Republic of 46.67 2018 up 9.2% rising
6 Georgia 46.6 2020 up 2.4% rising
7 Finland 46.32 2016 up 0.2% rising
8 Sweden 46.08 2016 down 0.2% flat
9 Iceland 45.9 2015 up 0.9% flat
10 Lithuania 45.75 2016 up 12.7% rising
11 Germany 45.4 2011 up 2.0% flat
12 Spain 45.28 2016 up 2.0% rising
13 Malta 45.01 2016 up 4.2% flat
14 Greece 44.96 2016 up 2.2% flat
15 Sri Lanka 44.82 2019 up 3.8% rising
16 Armenia, Republic of 44.81 2020 up 4.4% flat
17 United States 44.79 2018 down 1.5% flat
18 Thailand 44.78 2021 up 6.2% rising
19 Croatia 44.72 2016 down 2.0% flat
20 Luxembourg 44.7 2016 up 4.7% rising
21 France 44.66 2016 up 1.8% flat
22 Italy 44.64 2016 up 5.4% rising
23 Ireland 44.42 2016 up 1.2% flat
24 Portugal 44.4 2016 down 1.9% flat
25 Latvia 44.13 2016 up 9.8% flat
26 Chile 44.08 2017 up 2.6% rising
27 Bulgaria 43.99 2016 up 4.2% flat
28 Costa Rica 43.85 2021 up 2.6% rising
29 United Kingdom 43.81 2016 down 3.0% rising
30 Czechia 43.8 2016 up 4.5% rising
31 North Macedonia, Republic of 43.65 2020 up 6.4% flat
32 Tunisia 43.57 2015 up 10.2% rising
33 Netherlands 43.45 2004 up 3.7% flat
34 Estonia 43.26 2016 down 9.1% flat
35 Austria 42.8 2003 up 2.5% flat
36 Cyprus 42.79 2016 down 5.6% flat
37 Belgium 42.67 2003 up 4.9% flat
38 Kosovo 42.36 2017 up 12.6% rising
39 Poland 42.36 2019 down 2.9% rising
40 Mexico 42.3 2020 up 4.4% rising
41 Kyrgyz Republic 42.15 2020 up 9.8% rising
42 Slovak Republic 42.09 2016 up 2.1% flat
43 Uruguay 42.09 2021 down 0.5% flat
44 Indonesia 41.87 2019 up 8.6% rising
45 Mongolia 41.8 2021 up 5.1% rising
46 Ukraine 41.7 2014 up 8.3% flat
47 El Salvador 41.68 2019 up 5.6% rising
48 Philippines 41.67 2019 up 4.0% rising
49 South Africa 41.39 2020 up 4.3% rising
50 Argentina 41.38 2021 down 3.5% flat
51 Panama 41.38 2021 up 0.2% rising
52 Djibouti 41.38 2017 up 26.5% rising
53 Romania 41.22 2018 up 5.1% rising
54 Moldova, Republic of 41.05 2021 down 5.0% rising
55 Ecuador 40.87 2021 down 2.6% rising
56 Morocco 40.79 2013 up 9.8% rising
57 Kazakhstan, Republic of 40.73 2017 up 3.0% flat
58 Belarus, Republic of 40.46 2010 up 14.4% rising
59 Paraguay 40.38 2021 down 2.9% rising
60 Türkiye 40.37 2013 up 16.2% rising
61 Brazil 40.35 2021 down 2.6% rising
62 Peru 40.33 2021 up 3.7% rising
63 India 40.23 2019 up 7.6% rising
64 Jamaica 40.16 2002 up 5.8% rising
65 Colombia 40.09 2021 up 1.8% rising
66 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 39.71 2002 up 0.8% flat
67 Belize 39.64 1999 up 1.8% flat
68 Jordan 39.48 2016 up 2.7% rising
69 Bolivia 39.43 2021 up 2.5% rising
70 Honduras 39.29 2019 up 2.7% flat
71 Dominican Republic 39.09 2013 up 2.9% flat
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.86 2018 up 9.1% rising
73 Guatemala 38.8 2019 up 1.3% rising
74 Egypt, Arab Republic of 38.68 2019 up 5.4% rising
75 Nicaragua 38.55 2014 up 3.0% flat
76 Senegal 38.34 2018 up 16.0% rising
77 Bangladesh 38.16 2016 up 5.3% rising
78 Cambodia 38.09 2012 up 8.3% rising
79 Zambia 37.9 2015 up 9.8% flat
80 Namibia 37.65 2015 up 15.5% rising
81 Gambia, The 37.64 2020 up 7.0% flat
82 Ghana 37.01 2016 up 1.6% rising
83 Palestine, State of 36.91 2017 up 0.9% rising
84 Rwanda 36.22 2021 up 2.6% rising
85 Nepal 36.07 2014 up 4.1% rising
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 35.91 2020 up 3.0% rising
87 Russian Federation 35.76 2016 down 4.0% flat
88 Pakistan 35.67 2020 up 2.8% flat
89 Mozambique, Republic of 35.41 2014 up 5.5% flat
90 Madagascar, Republic of 34.86 2012 up 0.6% flat
91 Malawi 33.58 2019 up 5.3% falling
92 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 33.57 2021 up 3.5% flat
93 Uganda 33.51 2016 up 2.6% flat

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Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
93 places, 1,287 data points, 1970–2021
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