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Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 25-64 by country

Countries reporting
104
Highest
50.54
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
37.85
Russia
Median
43.83
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,476

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 50.54 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the lowest is 37.85 in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.83, and the mean is 43.74.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 17.2%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 7.2%).

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50.54 2019 up 12.8% rising
1 Djibouti 42.18 2017 up 10.9% rising
2 South Korea 49.73 2017 up 5.2% rising
3 Denmark 48.89 2016 up 5.6% flat
4 Serbia 48.39 2018 up 3.4% rising
5 Hungary 47.9 2016 up 11.3% rising
6 Ireland 47.85 2016 up 2.3% rising
7 Georgia 47.67 2020 up 3.1% rising
8 Finland 47.42 2016 down 0.5% rising
9 Lithuania 47.35 2016 up 8.1% rising
10 Norway 47.22 2016 up 3.0% flat
11 Iceland 47.05 2015 up 0.9% flat
12 Armenia 46.99 2020 up 4.6% flat
13 Sweden 46.98 2016 up 1.2% flat
14 Thailand 46.9 2021 up 6.5% rising
15 Netherlands 46.73 2016 up 3.2% rising
16 Sri Lanka 46.7 2019 up 4.7% rising
17 Greece 46.7 2016 up 4.4% flat
18 United States 46.35 2018 down 0.6% rising
19 Chile 46.19 2017 up 2.7% rising
20 Portugal 46.05 2016 down 2.3% flat
21 North Macedonia 45.94 2020 up 6.8% flat
22 Latvia 45.93 2016 up 1.5% flat
23 Germany 45.8 2011 up 1.3% flat
24 Malta 45.69 2016 up 2.9% flat
25 Costa Rica 45.6 2021 up 2.0% rising
26 France 45.52 2016 up 1.0% flat
27 Spain 45.51 2016 up 1.9% rising
28 Italy 45.4 2016 up 5.5% flat
29 Luxembourg 45.38 2016 up 4.6% rising
30 Puerto Rico 45.38 2005 up 13.8% flat
31 Croatia 45.36 2016 down 1.8% flat
32 Turkey 45.2 2019 up 10.0% rising
33 United Kingdom 45.13 2016 down 1.5% rising
34 Mauritius 45.03 2017 up 5.3% rising
35 Peru 44.94 2021 up 2.1% rising
36 Estonia 44.93 2016 down 2.1% flat
37 Bulgaria 44.84 2016 up 1.0% flat
38 Tunisia 44.83 2015 up 6.0% rising
39 Mexico 44.74 2020 up 2.6% flat
40 Czechia 44.69 2016 up 4.7% rising
41 Panama 44.49 2021 up 2.0% rising
42 Montenegro 44.47 2010 up 11.4% rising
43 Moldova 44.39 2021 down 5.1% rising
44 Slovenia 44.31 2016 down 0.5% flat
45 Ecuador 44.31 2021 down 0.6% rising
46 Romania 44.29 2018 up 3.3% flat
47 Uruguay 44.26 2021 down 1.4% flat
48 Indonesia 44.18 2019 up 6.1% rising
49 Austria 44.13 2003 up 1.4% flat
50 El Salvador 44.12 2019 up 3.8% flat
51 Poland 43.98 2019 down 1.3% flat
52 Philippines 43.95 2019 up 3.1% flat
53 Argentina 43.72 2021 down 2.4% flat
54 Ukraine 43.68 2014 up 7.9% flat
55 Paraguay 43.58 2021 down 1.8% flat
56 Belgium 43.45 2003 up 4.1% flat
57 Cyprus 43.44 2016 down 4.9% flat
58 Honduras 43.42 2019 up 1.3% flat
59 Guatemala 43.4 2019 up 2.3% flat
60 Belarus 43.39 2010 up 17.2% rising
61 Slovakia 43.31 2016 up 3.2% rising
62 Bolivia 43.2 2021 up 0.6% rising
63 Kyrgyzstan 43.01 2020 up 3.7% rising
64 Kazakhstan 42.91 2018 up 2.7% flat
65 Colombia 42.78 2021 up 0.3% rising
66 Brazil 42.77 2021 down 2.5% rising
67 Dominican Republic 42.72 2013 up 2.9% flat
68 Morocco 42.67 2013 up 2.4% flat
69 Senegal 42.63 2018 up 7.6% rising
70 Jamaica 42.58 2002 up 0.6% flat
71 Mongolia 42.37 2021 up 6.0% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 42.36 2011 up 3.1% falling
73 Albania 42.31 2019 down 0.3% flat
74 South Africa 42.28 2020 up 2.9% flat
75 India 42.27 2019 up 3.7% rising
76 Venezuela 42.08 2006 up 3.5% flat
77 Belize 41.93 1999 up 1.7% flat
78 Nigeria 41.65 2012 down 0.2% flat
79 Cambodia 41.52 2012 up 1.9% flat
80 Ghana 41.48 2016 up 3.0% flat
81 Nepal 41.44 2014 up 4.3% rising
82 Kenya 41.39 2019 up 2.0% flat
83 Palestine 41.34 2017 up 2.9% rising
84 Nicaragua 41.24 2014 down 2.6% flat
85 Bangladesh 41.19 2016 up 2.0% flat
86 Laos 41.13 2018 up 0.3% flat
87 Jordan 41.06 2016 up 0.6% flat
88 Egypt 40.76 2019 up 2.8% flat
89 Togo 40.43 2018 up 3.6% rising
90 Tanzania 40.39 2020 up 1.6% flat
91 Pakistan 40.22 2020 down 0.4% flat
92 Niger 40.2 2018 up 2.2% flat
93 Mozambique 40.16 2014 up 1.9% flat
94 Madagascar 40.14 2012 up 1.0% flat
95 Namibia 40.02 2015 down 2.4% flat
96 Malawi 39.89 2019 up 2.6% flat
97 Gambia 39.88 2020 up 3.0% flat
98 Zambia 39.75 2015 up 3.1% flat
99 Uganda 39.24 2016 up 1.3% flat
100 Ethiopia 38.83 2021 down 0.4% flat
101 Rwanda 38.65 2021 down 3.2% flat
102 Guinea 38.51 2018 down 5.3% flat
103 Russia 37.85 2016 down 7.2% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 25-64
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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