Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24 by country
Countries reporting
103
Highest
22.68
Lithuania
Lowest
19.85
Bangladesh
Median
21.46
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,483
What the numbers show
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 22.68 in Lithuania; the lowest is 19.85 in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.46, and the mean is 21.45.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 14.1%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 2.5%).
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 22.68 | 2016 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 22.65 | 2016 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 22.6 | 2016 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Ukraine | 22.59 | 2014 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 5 | Slovakia | 22.53 | 2016 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 22.52 | 2016 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 22.48 | 2016 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 8 | Slovenia | 22.45 | 2016 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 22.45 | 2016 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 22.45 | 2016 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 22.36 | 2016 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 22.36 | 2018 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 13 | Belarus | 22.35 | 2010 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 14 | Hungary | 22.34 | 2016 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Montenegro | 22.32 | 2010 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 16 | South Africa | 22.29 | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 22.28 | 2016 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 22.28 | 2016 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 22.26 | 2016 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 22.21 | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 21 | Finland | 22.21 | 2016 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | Russia | 22.15 | 2016 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | France | 22.14 | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | North Macedonia | 22.12 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Georgia | 22.08 | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Romania | 22.07 | 2018 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Mongolia | 22.02 | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Poland | 21.98 | 2019 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 21.98 | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Netherlands | 21.97 | 2016 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Thailand | 21.92 | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 21.91 | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Zambia | 21.89 | 2015 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | South Korea | 21.88 | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Malta | 21.84 | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 36 | Moldova | 21.82 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 37 | Namibia | 21.79 | 2015 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 38 | Albania | 21.76 | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Norway | 21.74 | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Chile | 21.73 | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 21.72 | 2016 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.67 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 43 | Mauritius | 21.65 | 2017 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 21.61 | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 21.59 | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 46 | Nigeria | 21.54 | 2012 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 47 | Argentina | 21.52 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.52 | 2011 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 49 | Panama | 21.51 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 50 | Jordan | 21.48 | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 51 | Laos | 21.46 | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 52 | Ireland | 21.46 | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 53 | Ghana | 21.46 | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 54 | Uruguay | 21.45 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 55 | Iceland | 21.45 | 2015 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 21.43 | 2005 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 57 | Germany | 21.42 | 2011 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Belgium | 21.41 | 2003 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Malawi | 21.38 | 2019 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 60 | Kenya | 21.35 | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 21.35 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 62 | Denmark | 21.32 | 2016 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Colombia | 21.28 | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 64 | Philippines | 21.25 | 2019 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 65 | Indonesia | 21.25 | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | 21.15 | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 67 | Niger | 21.15 | 2018 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 68 | Morocco | 21.07 | 2013 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 21.04 | 2013 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Jamaica | 21.03 | 2002 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 71 | Tunisia | 21.02 | 2015 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 72 | India | 21.02 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 73 | Bolivia | 21 | 2021 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 74 | Ecuador | 20.99 | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 75 | Egypt | 20.99 | 2019 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | Guinea | 20.98 | 2018 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 77 | El Salvador | 20.96 | 2019 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 78 | Togo | 20.91 | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 79 | Palestine | 20.89 | 2017 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.87 | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 81 | Senegal | 20.82 | 2018 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 82 | Gambia | 20.82 | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 83 | Madagascar | 20.81 | 2012 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 84 | Venezuela | 20.78 | 2006 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 85 | Turkey | 20.75 | 2019 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 20.7 | 2016 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 87 | United States | 20.69 | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 88 | Mexico | 20.62 | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 20.57 | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 90 | Rwanda | 20.55 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 20.53 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 20.5 | 2014 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 93 | Peru | 20.5 | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 94 | Honduras | 20.36 | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 95 | Mozambique | 20.36 | 2014 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 96 | Nepal | 20.31 | 2014 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 20.26 | 2003 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 98 | Guatemala | 20.21 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 99 | Pakistan | 20.21 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 100 | Belize | 20.17 | 1999 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 101 | Tanzania | 20.07 | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 102 | Cambodia | 19.99 | 2012 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 19.85 | 2016 | up 2.3% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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