Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil

Brazil: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female was 37.81 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
37.81
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
61st
of 106 countries
All-time high
37.81
in 2021
All-time low
29.36
in 1981
Years of data
37
1981–2021

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, 1981–2021

0102030401981200120211981: 29.41982: 29.51983: 29.91984: 29.91985: 29.81986: 29.91987: 30.31988: 30.51989: 30.81990: 30.81992: 31.71993: 31.91995: 32.31996: 32.51997: 32.71998: 331999: 33.32001: 33.52002: 33.62003: 34.12004: 342005: 34.22006: 34.52007: 34.72008: 352009: 35.22011: 35.42012: 35.22013: 35.42014: 35.72015: 36.12016: 36.72017: 36.82018: 36.92019: 37.12020: 37.62021: 37.8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil is 37.81, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil peaked at 37.81 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 29.36, in 1981.

Brazil ranks 61st of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil, 1981 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1981 29.36 —
1982 29.49 +0.4%
1983 29.9 +1.4%
1984 29.95 +0.2%
1985 29.85 -0.3%
1986 29.91 +0.2%
1987 30.34 +1.5%
1988 30.5 +0.5%
1989 30.79 +0.9%
1990 30.83 +0.1%
1992 31.74 +2.9%
1993 31.92 +0.6%
1995 32.28 +1.1%
1996 32.49 +0.7%
1997 32.72 +0.7%
1998 33.05 +1.0%
1999 33.33 +0.9%
2001 33.46 +0.4%
2002 33.63 +0.5%
2003 34.1 +1.4%
2004 34.04 -0.2%
2005 34.21 +0.5%
2006 34.49 +0.8%
2007 34.68 +0.5%
2008 34.96 +0.8%
2009 35.2 +0.7%
2011 35.44 +0.7%
2012 35.21 -0.6%
2013 35.36 +0.4%
2014 35.69 +0.9%
2015 36.12 +1.2%
2016 36.67 +1.5%
2017 36.77 +0.3%
2018 36.94 +0.5%
2019 37.15 +0.6%
2020 37.6 +1.2%
2021 37.81 +0.6%

Brazil compared with similar countries

  • Brazil's 37.81 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.47, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
  • Brazil's 37.81 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.79, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 30.01 29.36 30.79 9
1990s 32.3 30.83 33.33 8
2000s 34.31 33.46 35.2 9
2010s 36.15 35.21 37.15 9
2020s 37.7 37.6 37.81 2

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 58 Belgium 38.02 compare
  2. 59 Malta 37.9 compare
  3. 60 Thailand 37.83 compare
  4. 62 Tunisia 37.66 compare
  5. 63 Ecuador 37.66 compare
  6. 64 Trinidad and Tobago 37.17 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil?
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female in Brazil was 37.81 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 37.81 in 2021.
What is the lowest average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 29.36 in 1981.
How does Brazil rank for average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female?
Brazil ranks 61st out of 106 countries with data for 2021.
Is average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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