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

Countries reporting
106
Highest
44.45
Moldova
Lowest
31.48
Cambodia
Median
38.91
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,498

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 44.45 in Moldova; the lowest is 31.48 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.91, and the mean is 38.46.

Over the past decade 89 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Djibouti 40.22 2017 up 8.3% rising
38 Russia 40.21 2016 down 1.4% flat
39 Kosovo 40.2 2017 up 1.3% flat
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.2 2017 up 1.3% flat
41 United Kingdom 40.15 2016 down 0.0% rising
42 United States 40.14 2018 up 0.9% rising
43 Albania 40.13 2019 up 1.4% flat
44 Armenia 40.13 2020 up 0.7% flat
45 Ukraine 40.13 2014 down 0.7% flat
46 Mauritius 40.04 2017 up 4.1% rising
47 Malta 40.04 2016 up 3.0% flat
48 Tunisia 39.98 2015 up 3.8% rising
49 Chile 39.81 2017 up 5.7% rising
50 Sri Lanka 39.78 2019 up 3.3% rising
51 Panama 39.38 2021 up 7.2% rising
52 Uruguay 39.05 2021 up 5.2% flat
53 South Africa 38.94 2020 up 4.6% flat
54 Belgium 38.88 2003 up 3.4% flat
55 Argentina 38.82 2021 up 5.9% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 38.71 2020 up 3.5% flat
57 Costa Rica 38.41 2021 up 7.7% rising
58 Puerto Rico 38.3 2005 up 14.3% flat
59 Thailand 38.21 2021 up 4.4% rising
60 Laos 38.05 2018 up 7.6% rising
61 Austria 37.77 2003 up 4.1% flat
62 Guinea 37.76 2018 down 9.6% falling
63 Trinidad and Tobago 37.56 2011 up 3.7% rising
64 Morocco 37.51 2013 up 2.6% rising
65 Mongolia 37.11 2021 up 1.5% flat
66 Senegal 37.04 2018 up 3.3% flat
67 Malawi 37.01 2019 up 11.5% rising
68 Peru 36.93 2021 up 4.8% rising
69 Indonesia 36.72 2019 up 3.8% rising
70 Brazil 36.67 2021 up 4.7% rising
71 India 36.57 2019 up 4.0% rising
72 Niger 36.46 2018 down 0.1% flat
73 Colombia 36.43 2021 up 4.7% rising
74 Turkey 36.42 2019 up 12.5% rising
75 Mexico 36.33 2020 up 4.3% rising
76 Egypt 36.25 2019 down 0.4% flat
77 Togo 36.22 2018 down 2.2% flat
78 Kenya 36.19 2019 up 8.0% flat
79 Ghana 36.18 2016 down 3.5% falling
80 Madagascar 36.12 2012 up 0.0% flat
81 Zambia 36.06 2015 up 1.8% flat
82 Ecuador 36.04 2021 down 0.7% rising
83 Bolivia 35.85 2021 up 4.8% rising
84 Philippines 35.79 2019 up 3.9% flat
85 Namibia 35.69 2015 up 2.3% flat
86 Nepal 35.31 2014 up 2.3% rising
87 El Salvador 35.31 2019 up 4.6% rising
88 Gambia 35.29 2020 up 0.9% flat
89 Dominican Republic 34.95 2013 up 2.4% rising
90 Bangladesh 34.48 2016 down 0.8% flat
91 Jordan 34.45 2016 up 3.8% rising
92 Jamaica 34.44 2002 up 6.1% rising
93 Venezuela 34.36 2006 up 5.2% rising
94 Rwanda 34.32 2021 up 7.7% rising
95 Palestine 34.24 2017 up 2.8% rising
96 Mozambique 34.24 2014 down 3.4% falling
97 Paraguay 33.87 2021 down 0.1% rising
98 Ethiopia 33.76 2021 up 5.3% flat
99 Tanzania 33.51 2020 down 4.0% falling
100 Guatemala 33.43 2019 up 4.3% rising
101 Pakistan 33.25 2020 down 0.3% flat
102 Honduras 33.05 2019 up 6.8% flat
103 Nicaragua 32.49 2014 up 3.4% flat
104 Uganda 32.34 2016 up 1.0% flat
105 Belize 31.61 1999 up 2.0% flat
106 Cambodia 31.48 2012 down 1.5% falling

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