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Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education by country

Countries reporting
104
Highest
46.16
Hungary
Lowest
30.03
Cambodia
Median
37.99
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,395

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 46.16 in Hungary; the lowest is 30.03 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 37.99, and the mean is 38.34.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 18.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 12.5%).

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hungary 46.16 2016 up 16.9% rising
2 Finland 45.93 2016 up 10.0% rising
3 Bulgaria 45.5 2016 up 12.8% rising
4 Sweden 45.47 2016 up 9.5% rising
5 Latvia 45.28 2016 up 13.0% rising
6 Croatia 45.23 2016 up 8.6% rising
7 Estonia 44.98 2016 up 9.9% rising
8 Slovakia 44.93 2016 up 12.7% rising
9 Norway 44.83 2016 up 5.8% rising
10 Lithuania 44.72 2016 up 10.8% rising
11 Slovenia 44.71 2016 up 12.2% rising
12 Netherlands 44.6 2016 up 11.7% rising
13 Moldova 44.33 2021 up 5.7% rising
14 Italy 43.79 2016 up 10.5% rising
15 Greece 43.28 2016 up 13.6% rising
16 Spain 43.03 2016 up 14.5% rising
17 Denmark 42.76 2016 up 1.2% flat
18 Iceland 42.76 2015 up 7.6% rising
19 Luxembourg 42.5 2016 up 7.2% rising
20 Germany 42.37 2011 up 8.4% rising
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.17 2019 up 5.5% rising
22 Cyprus 42.02 2016 up 9.6% rising
23 Portugal 41.99 2016 up 18.1% rising
24 Georgia 41.8 2020 up 0.9% flat
25 Montenegro 41.68 2010 up 7.6% rising
26 Armenia 41.41 2020 up 1.3% flat
27 France 41.41 2016 up 5.7% rising
28 United Kingdom 41.39 2016 up 3.0% flat
29 Ireland 41.27 2016 up 11.1% rising
30 Russia 41.17 2016 up 0.1% flat
31 Belarus 41.09 2010 up 3.2% flat
32 South Korea 40.94 2017 up 8.5% rising
33 Kazakhstan 40.91 2018 up 2.4% flat
34 Malta 40.86 2016 up 11.9% rising
35 Serbia 40.68 2018 down 0.6% flat
36 Romania 40.58 2018 up 3.7% rising
37 Ukraine 40.57 2014 up 1.1% flat
38 Czechia 40.43 2016 down 0.3% rising
39 Poland 40.39 2019 up 3.5% flat
40 Kyrgyzstan 40.34 2020 up 3.6% flat
41 North Macedonia 40.23 2020 up 0.8% flat
42 Kosovo 40.08 2017 down 4.7% flat
42 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.08 2017 down 4.7% flat
44 United States 40 2018 up 0.2% rising
45 Albania 39.87 2019 down 0.1% rising
46 Panama 39.41 2021 up 8.6% rising
47 Tunisia 38.89 2015 up 7.1% rising
48 South Africa 38.59 2020 up 6.7% rising
49 Uruguay 38.52 2021 up 5.3% rising
50 Argentina 38.42 2021 up 3.4% flat
51 Sri Lanka 38.12 2019 up 3.6% rising
52 Mongolia 38.01 2021 up 2.7% flat
53 Puerto Rico 37.98 2005 up 15.1% rising
54 Belgium 37.88 2003 up 2.7% flat
55 Chile 37.8 2017 up 7.6% rising
56 Niger 37.56 2018 up 0.7% flat
57 Mauritius 37.49 2017 up 3.1% rising
58 Austria 37.38 2003 up 3.5% flat
59 Guinea 37.33 2018 down 12.5% flat
60 Thailand 36.83 2021 up 4.8% rising
61 Costa Rica 36.71 2021 up 5.7% rising
62 Egypt 36.64 2019 up 0.8% rising
63 Madagascar 36.35 2012 down 1.3% flat
64 Laos 36.32 2018 up 9.7% rising
65 Djibouti 36.21 2017 up 7.5% rising
66 Senegal 36.04 2018 down 4.7% flat
67 Peru 35.92 2021 up 4.9% rising
68 Mexico 35.78 2020 up 1.7% flat
69 Trinidad and Tobago 35.69 2011 up 6.6% rising
70 Brazil 35.63 2021 up 4.8% rising
71 Zambia 35.56 2015 up 1.9% flat
72 Morocco 35.54 2013 down 7.6% rising
73 Colombia 35.36 2021 up 5.7% rising
74 Malawi 35.15 2019 up 6.7% flat
75 Namibia 35.1 2015 up 3.0% flat
76 Philippines 34.98 2019 up 3.6% flat
77 Togo 34.97 2018 down 5.8% flat
78 Ghana 34.96 2016 down 6.4% falling
79 India 34.94 2019 up 0.8% flat
80 Bangladesh 34.65 2016 down 7.6% falling
81 Bolivia 34.59 2021 up 3.4% rising
82 Pakistan 34.44 2020 down 2.0% flat
83 Ecuador 34.43 2021 down 0.9% rising
84 Jordan 34.2 2016 up 5.1% rising
85 El Salvador 34.14 2019 up 2.8% rising
86 Jamaica 34.08 2002 up 13.1% rising
87 Palestine 34.01 2017 up 0.3% flat
88 Indonesia 34 2019 up 0.4% flat
89 Gambia 33.86 2020 up 0.8% flat
90 Venezuela 33.86 2006 up 6.0% rising
91 Dominican Republic 33.76 2013 up 4.1% rising
92 Tanzania 33.72 2020 down 5.2% falling
93 Turkey 33.64 2019 up 12.2% rising
94 Rwanda 33.14 2021 down 0.7% flat
95 Ethiopia 32.67 2021 up 4.4% flat
96 Mozambique 32.55 2014 down 11.5% falling
97 Paraguay 32.55 2021 up 5.6% rising
98 Nepal 32.53 2014 down 1.4% rising
99 Nicaragua 32.4 2014 up 5.2% rising
100 Honduras 32.09 2019 up 3.3% flat
101 Uganda 32.06 2016 down 1.5% rising
102 Guatemala 31.14 2019 up 2.3% flat
103 Belize 30.64 1999 up 4.0% flat
104 Cambodia 30.03 2012 down 10.8% falling

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Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
104 places, 1,395 data points, 1970–2021
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