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

Countries reporting
106
Highest
50.54
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lowest
37.85
Russia
Median
43.7
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,490

What the numbers show

Average age of self-employed or unpaid workers, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 106 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 43.7, and the mean is 43.73.

Over the past decade 82 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
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 Kosovo 43.12 2017 up 9.3% rising
63 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 43.12 2017 up 9.3% rising
65 Kyrgyzstan 43.01 2020 up 3.7% rising
66 Kazakhstan 42.91 2018 up 2.7% flat
67 Colombia 42.78 2021 up 0.3% rising
68 Brazil 42.77 2021 down 2.5% rising
69 Dominican Republic 42.72 2013 up 2.9% flat
70 Morocco 42.67 2013 up 2.4% flat
71 Senegal 42.63 2018 up 7.6% rising
72 Jamaica 42.58 2002 up 0.6% flat
73 Mongolia 42.37 2021 up 6.0% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 42.36 2011 up 3.1% falling
75 Albania 42.31 2019 down 0.3% flat
76 South Africa 42.28 2020 up 2.9% flat
77 India 42.27 2019 up 3.7% rising
78 Djibouti 42.18 2017 up 10.9% rising
79 Venezuela 42.08 2006 up 3.5% flat
80 Belize 41.93 1999 up 1.7% flat
81 Nigeria 41.65 2012 down 0.2% flat
82 Cambodia 41.52 2012 up 1.9% flat
83 Ghana 41.48 2016 up 3.0% flat
84 Nepal 41.44 2014 up 4.3% rising
85 Kenya 41.39 2019 up 2.0% flat
86 Palestine 41.34 2017 up 2.9% rising
87 Nicaragua 41.24 2014 down 2.6% flat
88 Bangladesh 41.19 2016 up 2.0% flat
89 Laos 41.13 2018 up 0.3% flat
90 Jordan 41.06 2016 up 0.6% flat
91 Egypt 40.76 2019 up 2.8% flat
92 Togo 40.43 2018 up 3.6% rising
93 Tanzania 40.39 2020 up 1.6% flat
94 Pakistan 40.22 2020 down 0.4% flat
95 Niger 40.2 2018 up 2.2% flat
96 Mozambique 40.16 2014 up 1.9% flat
97 Madagascar 40.14 2012 up 1.0% flat
98 Namibia 40.02 2015 down 2.4% flat
99 Malawi 39.89 2019 up 2.6% flat
100 Gambia 39.88 2020 up 3.0% flat
101 Zambia 39.75 2015 up 3.1% flat
102 Uganda 39.24 2016 up 1.3% flat
103 Ethiopia 38.83 2021 down 0.4% flat
104 Rwanda 38.65 2021 down 3.2% flat
105 Guinea 38.51 2018 down 5.3% flat
106 Russia 37.85 2016 down 7.2% flat

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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
106 places, 1,490 data points, 1970–2021
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