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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

About this data

Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
105 places, 1,483 data points, 1970–2021
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