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

Countries reporting

103

Highest

44.45

Moldova

Lowest

31.48

Cambodia

Median

38.82

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,483

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 44.45 in Moldova; the lowest is 31.48 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.82, and the mean is 38.41.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 14.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 9.6%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Moldova	44.45	2021	up 7.8%	rising
2	Italy	43.65	2016	up 8.5%	rising
3	Nigeria	43.12	2012	up 3.1%	rising
4	Denmark	43.06	2016	up 2.9%	rising
5	Netherlands	42.6	2016	up 4.7%	rising
6	Spain	42.56	2016	up 8.3%	rising
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.54	2019	up 5.9%	rising
8	Germany	42.27	2011	up 7.2%	rising
9	Hungary	42.25	2016	up 9.0%	rising
10	Norway	42.23	2016	up 1.1%	flat
11	Sweden	42.08	2016	up 1.0%	flat
12	Montenegro	42.04	2010	up 4.6%	flat
13	Bulgaria	42.01	2016	up 4.5%	rising
14	Finland	42	2016	up 2.6%	rising
15	Greece	41.98	2016	up 5.5%	rising
16	Portugal	41.97	2016	up 8.1%	rising
17	South Korea	41.82	2017	up 6.2%	rising
18	Romania	41.79	2018	up 6.7%	rising
19	Iceland	41.73	2015	up 6.4%	rising
20	Slovenia	41.71	2016	up 3.4%	rising
21	Czechia	41.63	2016	up 3.7%	rising
22	Lithuania	41.61	2016	up 4.6%	rising
23	France	41.35	2016	up 4.4%	rising
24	Latvia	41.15	2016	up 6.3%	rising
25	Ireland	41.13	2016	up 7.6%	rising
26	Estonia	41.12	2016	up 3.5%	flat
27	Croatia	41.12	2016	down 1.8%	flat
28	North Macedonia	41.05	2020	up 0.7%	flat
29	Cyprus	40.98	2016	up 1.9%	flat
30	Georgia	40.95	2020	up 0.5%	flat
31	Slovakia	40.88	2016	up 2.6%	rising
32	Serbia	40.79	2018	down 1.0%	flat
33	Belarus	40.78	2010	up 1.2%	flat
34	Luxembourg	40.75	2016	up 0.7%	rising
35	Kazakhstan	40.43	2018	up 3.1%	flat
36	Poland	40.4	2019	up 2.7%	rising
37	Russia	40.21	2016	down 1.4%	flat
38	United Kingdom	40.15	2016	down 0.0%	rising
39	United States	40.14	2018	up 0.9%	rising
40	Albania	40.13	2019	up 1.4%	flat
41	Armenia	40.13	2020	up 0.7%	flat
42	Ukraine	40.13	2014	down 0.7%	flat
43	Mauritius	40.04	2017	up 4.1%	rising
44	Malta	40.04	2016	up 3.0%	flat
45	Tunisia	39.98	2015	up 3.8%	rising
46	Chile	39.81	2017	up 5.7%	rising
47	Sri Lanka	39.78	2019	up 3.3%	rising
48	Panama	39.38	2021	up 7.2%	rising
49	Uruguay	39.05	2021	up 5.2%	flat
50	South Africa	38.94	2020	up 4.6%	flat
51	Belgium	38.88	2003	up 3.4%	flat
52	Argentina	38.82	2021	up 5.9%	rising
53	Kyrgyzstan	38.71	2020	up 3.5%	flat
54	Costa Rica	38.41	2021	up 7.7%	rising
55	Puerto Rico	38.3	2005	up 14.3%	flat
56	Thailand	38.21	2021	up 4.4%	rising
57	Laos	38.05	2018	up 7.6%	rising
58	Austria	37.77	2003	up 4.1%	flat
59	Guinea	37.76	2018	down 9.6%	falling
60	Trinidad and Tobago	37.56	2011	up 3.7%	rising
61	Morocco	37.51	2013	up 2.6%	rising
62	Mongolia	37.11	2021	up 1.5%	flat
63	Senegal	37.04	2018	up 3.3%	flat
64	Malawi	37.01	2019	up 11.5%	rising
65	Peru	36.93	2021	up 4.8%	rising
66	Indonesia	36.72	2019	up 3.8%	rising
67	Brazil	36.67	2021	up 4.7%	rising
68	India	36.57	2019	up 4.0%	rising
69	Niger	36.46	2018	down 0.1%	flat
70	Colombia	36.43	2021	up 4.7%	rising
71	Turkey	36.42	2019	up 12.5%	rising
72	Mexico	36.33	2020	up 4.3%	rising
73	Egypt	36.25	2019	down 0.4%	flat
74	Togo	36.22	2018	down 2.2%	flat
75	Kenya	36.19	2019	up 8.0%	flat
76	Ghana	36.18	2016	down 3.5%	falling
77	Madagascar	36.12	2012	up 0.0%	flat
78	Zambia	36.06	2015	up 1.8%	flat
79	Ecuador	36.04	2021	down 0.7%	rising
80	Bolivia	35.85	2021	up 4.8%	rising
81	Philippines	35.79	2019	up 3.9%	flat
82	Namibia	35.69	2015	up 2.3%	flat
83	Nepal	35.31	2014	up 2.3%	rising
84	El Salvador	35.31	2019	up 4.6%	rising
85	Gambia	35.29	2020	up 0.9%	flat
86	Dominican Republic	34.95	2013	up 2.4%	rising
87	Bangladesh	34.48	2016	down 0.8%	flat
88	Jordan	34.45	2016	up 3.8%	rising
89	Jamaica	34.44	2002	up 6.1%	rising
90	Venezuela	34.36	2006	up 5.2%	rising
91	Rwanda	34.32	2021	up 7.7%	rising
92	Palestine	34.24	2017	up 2.8%	rising
93	Mozambique	34.24	2014	down 3.4%	falling
94	Paraguay	33.87	2021	down 0.1%	rising
95	Ethiopia	33.76	2021	up 5.3%	flat
96	Tanzania	33.51	2020	down 4.0%	falling
97	Guatemala	33.43	2019	up 4.3%	rising
98	Pakistan	33.25	2020	down 0.3%	flat
99	Honduras	33.05	2019	up 6.8%	flat
100	Nicaragua	32.49	2014	up 3.4%	flat
101	Uganda	32.34	2016	up 1.0%	flat
102	Belize	31.61	1999	up 2.0%	flat
103	Cambodia	31.48	2012	down 1.5%	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, male
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