Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24 by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
22.68
Lithuania
Lowest
19.85
Bangladesh
Median
21.47
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,498

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 22.68 in Lithuania; the lowest is 19.85 in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.47, and the mean is 21.47.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 27 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 Djibouti 22.27 2017 up 4.0% flat
20 Italy 22.26 2016 up 2.1% rising
21 Armenia 22.21 2020 up 0.8% flat
22 Finland 22.21 2016 up 1.0% rising
23 Russia 22.15 2016 up 1.4% flat
24 France 22.14 2016 up 0.1% flat
25 North Macedonia 22.12 2020 up 0.1% flat
26 Georgia 22.08 2020 down 0.3% flat
27 Romania 22.07 2018 down 0.5% flat
28 Mongolia 22.02 2021 down 0.5% flat
29 Poland 21.98 2019 down 1.9% flat
30 Croatia 21.98 2016 up 0.5% flat
31 Netherlands 21.97 2016 up 1.4% rising
32 Thailand 21.92 2021 up 3.7% rising
33 Serbia 21.91 2018 down 0.1% flat
34 Zambia 21.89 2015 up 0.2% flat
35 South Korea 21.88 2017 down 1.1% flat
36 Malta 21.84 2016 up 1.0% flat
37 Moldova 21.82 2021 down 0.6% flat
38 Namibia 21.79 2015 down 1.3% flat
39 Kosovo 21.79 2017 down 2.1% flat
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 21.79 2017 down 2.1% flat
41 Albania 21.76 2019 up 0.0% flat
42 Norway 21.74 2016 up 0.1% flat
43 Chile 21.73 2017 up 2.4% flat
44 Sweden 21.72 2016 up 1.1% flat
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.67 2019 down 1.6% flat
46 Mauritius 21.65 2017 up 1.6% flat
47 United Kingdom 21.61 2016 up 1.8% rising
48 Costa Rica 21.59 2021 up 2.2% rising
49 Nigeria 21.54 2012 down 0.6% flat
50 Argentina 21.52 2021 up 1.6% flat
51 Trinidad and Tobago 21.52 2011 up 2.6% flat
52 Panama 21.51 2021 up 2.1% flat
53 Jordan 21.48 2016 down 0.1% flat
54 Laos 21.46 2018 up 7.4% rising
55 Ireland 21.46 2016 up 1.8% rising
56 Ghana 21.46 2016 up 0.9% flat
57 Uruguay 21.45 2021 up 2.4% flat
58 Iceland 21.45 2015 up 2.7% flat
59 Puerto Rico 21.43 2005 down 1.3% flat
60 Germany 21.42 2011 up 4.7% rising
61 Belgium 21.41 2003 down 0.7% flat
62 Malawi 21.38 2019 up 6.6% flat
63 Kenya 21.35 2019 up 2.9% flat
64 Sri Lanka 21.35 2019 up 0.1% flat
65 Denmark 21.32 2016 down 0.2% rising
66 Colombia 21.28 2021 up 2.2% flat
67 Philippines 21.25 2019 up 4.3% flat
68 Indonesia 21.25 2019 up 2.4% rising
69 Brazil 21.15 2021 up 2.5% rising
70 Niger 21.15 2018 up 3.3% flat
71 Morocco 21.07 2013 up 2.0% flat
72 Dominican Republic 21.04 2013 up 0.6% flat
73 Jamaica 21.03 2002 up 2.2% flat
74 Tunisia 21.02 2015 up 1.1% flat
75 India 21.02 2019 up 3.6% rising
76 Bolivia 21 2021 up 2.4% flat
77 Ecuador 20.99 2021 up 0.9% rising
78 Egypt 20.99 2019 up 0.3% flat
79 Guinea 20.98 2018 down 0.5% flat
80 El Salvador 20.96 2019 up 2.1% flat
81 Togo 20.91 2018 up 1.6% flat
82 Palestine 20.89 2017 down 1.9% flat
83 Kyrgyzstan 20.87 2020 up 1.0% flat
84 Senegal 20.82 2018 up 4.2% flat
85 Gambia 20.82 2020 down 0.3% flat
86 Madagascar 20.81 2012 up 1.6% flat
87 Venezuela 20.78 2006 up 1.6% flat
88 Turkey 20.75 2019 up 14.1% rising
89 Uganda 20.7 2016 up 2.2% flat
90 United States 20.69 2018 down 1.8% flat
91 Mexico 20.62 2020 up 0.9% flat
92 Ethiopia 20.57 2021 down 0.8% rising
93 Rwanda 20.55 2021 up 1.4% rising
94 Paraguay 20.53 2021 up 1.5% flat
95 Nicaragua 20.5 2014 up 0.2% flat
96 Peru 20.5 2021 up 1.0% flat
97 Honduras 20.36 2019 up 2.0% flat
98 Mozambique 20.36 2014 down 2.5% flat
99 Nepal 20.31 2014 up 2.4% flat
100 Austria 20.26 2003 down 0.3% flat
101 Guatemala 20.21 2019 up 0.5% flat
102 Pakistan 20.21 2020 up 0.3% flat
103 Belize 20.17 1999 down 0.2% flat
104 Tanzania 20.07 2020 down 2.2% flat
105 Cambodia 19.99 2012 down 0.7% flat
106 Bangladesh 19.85 2016 up 2.3% flat

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Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,498 data points, 1970–2021
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