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

Countries reporting

102

Highest

46.16

Hungary

Lowest

30.03

Cambodia

Median

37.93

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,381

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 46.16 in Hungary; the lowest is 30.03 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 37.93, and the mean is 38.31.

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

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 18 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Hungary	46.16	2016	up 16.9%	rising
1	Djibouti	36.21	2017	up 7.5%	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	United States	40	2018	up 0.2%	rising
43	Albania	39.87	2019	down 0.1%	rising
44	Panama	39.41	2021	up 8.6%	rising
45	Tunisia	38.89	2015	up 7.1%	rising
46	South Africa	38.59	2020	up 6.7%	rising
47	Uruguay	38.52	2021	up 5.3%	rising
48	Argentina	38.42	2021	up 3.4%	flat
49	Sri Lanka	38.12	2019	up 3.6%	rising
50	Mongolia	38.01	2021	up 2.7%	flat
51	Puerto Rico	37.98	2005	up 15.1%	rising
52	Belgium	37.88	2003	up 2.7%	flat
53	Chile	37.8	2017	up 7.6%	rising
54	Niger	37.56	2018	up 0.7%	flat
55	Mauritius	37.49	2017	up 3.1%	rising
56	Austria	37.38	2003	up 3.5%	flat
57	Guinea	37.33	2018	down 12.5%	flat
58	Thailand	36.83	2021	up 4.8%	rising
59	Costa Rica	36.71	2021	up 5.7%	rising
60	Egypt	36.64	2019	up 0.8%	rising
61	Madagascar	36.35	2012	down 1.3%	flat
62	Laos	36.32	2018	up 9.7%	rising
63	Senegal	36.04	2018	down 4.7%	flat
64	Peru	35.92	2021	up 4.9%	rising
65	Mexico	35.78	2020	up 1.7%	flat
66	Trinidad and Tobago	35.69	2011	up 6.6%	rising
67	Brazil	35.63	2021	up 4.8%	rising
68	Zambia	35.56	2015	up 1.9%	flat
69	Morocco	35.54	2013	down 7.6%	rising
70	Colombia	35.36	2021	up 5.7%	rising
71	Malawi	35.15	2019	up 6.7%	flat
72	Namibia	35.1	2015	up 3.0%	flat
73	Philippines	34.98	2019	up 3.6%	flat
74	Togo	34.97	2018	down 5.8%	flat
75	Ghana	34.96	2016	down 6.4%	falling
76	India	34.94	2019	up 0.8%	flat
77	Bangladesh	34.65	2016	down 7.6%	falling
78	Bolivia	34.59	2021	up 3.4%	rising
79	Pakistan	34.44	2020	down 2.0%	flat
80	Ecuador	34.43	2021	down 0.9%	rising
81	Jordan	34.2	2016	up 5.1%	rising
82	El Salvador	34.14	2019	up 2.8%	rising
83	Jamaica	34.08	2002	up 13.1%	rising
84	Palestine	34.01	2017	up 0.3%	flat
85	Indonesia	34	2019	up 0.4%	flat
86	Gambia	33.86	2020	up 0.8%	flat
87	Venezuela	33.86	2006	up 6.0%	rising
88	Dominican Republic	33.76	2013	up 4.1%	rising
89	Tanzania	33.72	2020	down 5.2%	falling
90	Turkey	33.64	2019	up 12.2%	rising
91	Rwanda	33.14	2021	down 0.7%	flat
92	Ethiopia	32.67	2021	up 4.4%	flat
93	Mozambique	32.55	2014	down 11.5%	falling
94	Paraguay	32.55	2021	up 5.6%	rising
95	Nepal	32.53	2014	down 1.4%	rising
96	Nicaragua	32.4	2014	up 5.2%	rising
97	Honduras	32.09	2019	up 3.3%	flat
98	Uganda	32.06	2016	down 1.5%	rising
99	Guatemala	31.14	2019	up 2.3%	flat
100	Belize	30.64	1999	up 4.0%	flat
101	Cambodia	30.03	2012	down 10.8%	falling

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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About this data

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: 103 places, 1,381 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026