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

Countries reporting
106
Highest
44.39
Italy
Lowest
28.26
Cambodia
Median
38.83
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,498

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 44.39 in Italy; the lowest is 28.26 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.83, and the mean is 38.39.

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

Over the past decade 102 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Kosovo 39.39 2017 up 1.4% rising
50 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 39.39 2017 up 1.4% rising
52 Costa Rica 39.05 2021 up 7.4% rising
53 Mongolia 38.96 2021 up 4.0% rising
54 Puerto Rico 38.69 2005 up 16.4% rising
55 Mauritius 38.47 2017 up 3.4% rising
56 India 38.43 2019 up 5.9% rising
57 Egypt 38.16 2019 up 1.5% rising
58 Belgium 38.02 2003 up 7.7% rising
59 Malta 37.9 2016 up 8.7% rising
60 Thailand 37.83 2021 up 4.1% rising
61 Brazil 37.81 2021 up 6.7% rising
62 Tunisia 37.66 2015 up 10.3% rising
63 Ecuador 37.66 2021 up 3.9% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 37.17 2011 up 6.3% rising
65 Morocco 37.09 2013 up 7.5% rising
66 Austria 36.93 2003 up 6.8% rising
67 Mexico 36.87 2020 up 5.3% rising
68 Dominican Republic 36.83 2013 up 7.6% rising
69 Peru 36.76 2021 up 5.9% rising
70 Colombia 36.63 2021 up 3.9% rising
71 Jamaica 36.21 2002 up 6.1% rising
72 Niger 36.04 2018 up 12.4% rising
73 Philippines 36.02 2019 up 5.5% rising
74 Guinea 35.87 2018 down 8.7% flat
75 Palestine 35.86 2017 up 4.4% rising
76 Bolivia 35.81 2021 up 5.0% rising
77 Namibia 35.8 2015 up 1.4% rising
78 El Salvador 35.69 2019 up 5.4% rising
79 Kenya 35.63 2019 up 10.6% rising
80 Venezuela 35.53 2006 up 5.0% rising
81 Indonesia 35.32 2019 up 4.9% rising
82 Madagascar 35.24 2012 up 0.6% flat
83 Turkey 35.18 2019 up 18.8% rising
84 Djibouti 35.03 2017 up 11.3% rising
85 Senegal 35.02 2018 up 13.1% rising
86 Paraguay 34.68 2021 up 6.4% rising
87 Rwanda 34.49 2021 up 12.2% rising
88 Honduras 34.45 2019 up 7.6% rising
89 Zambia 34.44 2015 up 2.9% flat
90 Nicaragua 34.36 2014 up 5.4% rising
91 Jordan 34.27 2016 up 8.1% rising
92 Laos 33.78 2018 up 12.3% rising
93 Togo 33.76 2018 up 2.9% rising
94 Malawi 33.7 2019 up 4.9% rising
95 Mozambique 33.47 2014 up 2.8% flat
96 Ghana 33.23 2016 down 2.8% falling
97 Nepal 33.23 2014 up 1.6% flat
98 Guatemala 33.18 2019 up 3.6% rising
99 Pakistan 32.96 2020 up 1.7% flat
100 Bangladesh 32.82 2016 up 1.3% flat
101 Gambia 32.15 2020 up 5.0% flat
102 Belize 31.64 1999 up 3.8% flat
103 Tanzania 31.2 2020 down 4.7% flat
104 Uganda 30.53 2016 up 4.0% rising
105 Ethiopia 29.67 2021 up 1.5% falling
106 Cambodia 28.26 2012 up 8.4% flat

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Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female
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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