Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female by country

Countries reporting

103

Highest

44.39

Italy

Lowest

28.26

Cambodia

Median

38.69

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,483

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 44.39 in Italy; the lowest is 28.26 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.69, and the mean is 38.4.

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

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 18.8%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 8.7%).

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Italy	44.39	2016	up 11.3%	rising
2	Moldova	44.19	2021	up 7.3%	rising
3	Denmark	43.81	2016	up 2.8%	rising
4	Latvia	43.7	2016	up 5.8%	rising
5	Finland	43.68	2016	up 2.8%	rising
6	Bulgaria	43.67	2016	up 8.0%	rising
7	Estonia	43.65	2016	up 4.1%	rising
8	Hungary	43.61	2016	up 8.1%	rising
9	Lithuania	43.57	2016	up 6.4%	rising
10	Iceland	43.52	2015	up 7.7%	rising
11	Norway	43.34	2016	up 1.8%	flat
12	Sweden	42.8	2016	up 1.0%	flat
13	Georgia	42.75	2020	up 0.8%	flat
14	Armenia	42.66	2020	up 0.8%	flat
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.59	2019	up 4.9%	rising
16	Slovenia	42.56	2016	up 6.5%	rising
17	Spain	42.51	2016	up 11.8%	rising
18	Czechia	42.5	2016	up 3.4%	rising
19	Germany	42.47	2011	up 9.3%	rising
20	France	42.29	2016	up 4.1%	rising
21	Portugal	42.26	2016	up 8.9%	rising
22	Kyrgyzstan	42.19	2020	up 4.7%	flat
23	Netherlands	42.15	2016	up 7.4%	rising
24	Slovakia	42.01	2016	up 5.3%	rising
25	Russia	42	2016	up 1.5%	flat
26	Croatia	41.65	2016	up 0.3%	flat
27	Montenegro	41.6	2010	up 11.2%	rising
28	Kazakhstan	41.34	2018	up 1.5%	flat
29	Belarus	41.27	2010	up 4.5%	flat
30	Serbia	41.22	2018	up 0.5%	flat
31	Panama	41.12	2021	up 9.2%	rising
32	Greece	41.09	2016	up 7.3%	rising
33	Nigeria	41.07	2012	up 6.9%	rising
34	Romania	41.02	2018	up 5.0%	rising
35	Ukraine	41.01	2014	up 0.4%	flat
36	South Korea	40.75	2017	up 8.9%	rising
37	Poland	40.7	2019	up 3.8%	rising
38	Luxembourg	40.67	2016	up 3.8%	rising
39	Ireland	40.62	2016	up 6.2%	rising
40	United Kingdom	40.57	2016	up 0.9%	rising
41	North Macedonia	40.28	2020	up 0.6%	flat
42	Uruguay	40.15	2021	up 4.6%	flat
43	United States	39.96	2018	down 0.5%	rising
44	South Africa	39.89	2020	up 5.2%	rising
45	Cyprus	39.82	2016	up 3.0%	flat
46	Argentina	39.78	2021	up 3.7%	flat
47	Chile	39.56	2017	up 6.1%	rising
48	Sri Lanka	39.48	2019	up 3.8%	rising
49	Albania	39.48	2019	up 3.9%	flat
50	Costa Rica	39.05	2021	up 7.4%	rising
51	Mongolia	38.96	2021	up 4.0%	rising
52	Puerto Rico	38.69	2005	up 16.4%	rising
53	Mauritius	38.47	2017	up 3.4%	rising
54	India	38.43	2019	up 5.9%	rising
55	Egypt	38.16	2019	up 1.5%	rising
56	Belgium	38.02	2003	up 7.7%	rising
57	Malta	37.9	2016	up 8.7%	rising
58	Thailand	37.83	2021	up 4.1%	rising
59	Brazil	37.81	2021	up 6.7%	rising
60	Tunisia	37.66	2015	up 10.3%	rising
61	Ecuador	37.66	2021	up 3.9%	rising
62	Trinidad and Tobago	37.17	2011	up 6.3%	rising
63	Morocco	37.09	2013	up 7.5%	rising
64	Austria	36.93	2003	up 6.8%	rising
65	Mexico	36.87	2020	up 5.3%	rising
66	Dominican Republic	36.83	2013	up 7.6%	rising
67	Peru	36.76	2021	up 5.9%	rising
68	Colombia	36.63	2021	up 3.9%	rising
69	Jamaica	36.21	2002	up 6.1%	rising
70	Niger	36.04	2018	up 12.4%	rising
71	Philippines	36.02	2019	up 5.5%	rising
72	Guinea	35.87	2018	down 8.7%	flat
73	Palestine	35.86	2017	up 4.4%	rising
74	Bolivia	35.81	2021	up 5.0%	rising
75	Namibia	35.8	2015	up 1.4%	rising
76	El Salvador	35.69	2019	up 5.4%	rising
77	Kenya	35.63	2019	up 10.6%	rising
78	Venezuela	35.53	2006	up 5.0%	rising
79	Indonesia	35.32	2019	up 4.9%	rising
80	Madagascar	35.24	2012	up 0.6%	flat
81	Turkey	35.18	2019	up 18.8%	rising
82	Senegal	35.02	2018	up 13.1%	rising
83	Paraguay	34.68	2021	up 6.4%	rising
84	Rwanda	34.49	2021	up 12.2%	rising
85	Honduras	34.45	2019	up 7.6%	rising
86	Zambia	34.44	2015	up 2.9%	flat
87	Nicaragua	34.36	2014	up 5.4%	rising
88	Jordan	34.27	2016	up 8.1%	rising
89	Laos	33.78	2018	up 12.3%	rising
90	Togo	33.76	2018	up 2.9%	rising
91	Malawi	33.7	2019	up 4.9%	rising
92	Mozambique	33.47	2014	up 2.8%	flat
93	Ghana	33.23	2016	down 2.8%	falling
94	Nepal	33.23	2014	up 1.6%	flat
95	Guatemala	33.18	2019	up 3.6%	rising
96	Pakistan	32.96	2020	up 1.7%	flat
97	Bangladesh	32.82	2016	up 1.3%	flat
98	Gambia	32.15	2020	up 5.0%	flat
99	Belize	31.64	1999	up 3.8%	flat
100	Tanzania	31.2	2020	down 4.7%	flat
101	Uganda	30.53	2016	up 4.0%	rising
102	Ethiopia	29.67	2021	up 1.5%	falling
103	Cambodia	28.26	2012	up 8.4%	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 39.39

About this data

Indicator: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 105 places, 1,483 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026