Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below by country

Countries reporting

101

Highest

59.78

Malta

Lowest

19.15

Kazakhstan

Median

39.82

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,418

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below is currently reported for 101 countries. The highest value is 59.78 in Malta; the lowest is 19.15 in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.82, and the mean is 40.76.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 36.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 52.2%).

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Malta	59.78	2016	up 12.0%	rising
2	United Kingdom	59	2016	—	rising
3	South Korea	57.18	2017	up 6.6%	rising
4	Denmark	51.83	2016	up 15.8%	rising
5	Ireland	50.86	2016	up 2.1%	rising
6	Italy	50.7	2016	up 9.5%	rising
7	France	49.86	2016	down 1.0%	flat
8	Cyprus	49.79	2016	up 5.3%	flat
9	Slovenia	49.4	2013	up 24.3%	rising
10	Portugal	48.55	2016	up 15.2%	rising
11	Spain	48.4	2016	up 9.6%	rising
12	Sri Lanka	48.4	2019	up 10.8%	rising
13	Austria	48.37	2003	up 32.4%	rising
14	Greece	47.63	2016	up 6.0%	rising
15	Sweden	47.19	2016	down 16.2%	falling
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.66	2019	up 7.9%	rising
17	Croatia	46.58	2016	down 7.8%	flat
18	Jamaica	46.55	2002	up 7.3%	flat
19	Hungary	46.34	2016	up 12.2%	rising
20	Puerto Rico	46.02	2005	up 18.1%	rising
21	Uruguay	45.74	2021	up 9.1%	flat
22	Chile	45.58	2017	up 9.7%	rising
23	Mauritius	45.31	2017	up 10.5%	rising
24	Trinidad and Tobago	45.29	2011	up 10.4%	rising
25	Argentina	45.15	2021	up 2.4%	flat
26	Panama	45.11	2021	up 10.0%	rising
27	Netherlands	45	2016	up 0.7%	rising
28	Poland	44.84	2019	up 2.8%	rising
29	Luxembourg	44.71	2016	up 9.3%	rising
30	Georgia	44.56	2020	up 4.1%	falling
31	Romania	44.43	2018	up 10.7%	flat
32	North Macedonia	44.42	2020	up 1.2%	flat
33	Iceland	44.4	2015	down 9.8%	flat
34	Mongolia	44.31	2021	up 36.0%	rising
35	Serbia	44.27	2018	up 3.5%	flat
36	Belgium	44.24	2003	up 20.1%	rising
37	United States	43.81	2018	up 5.1%	flat
38	Costa Rica	43.79	2021	up 14.4%	rising
39	Peru	43.65	2021	up 9.4%	rising
40	Bolivia	43.28	2021	up 17.9%	rising
41	Turkey	43.13	2019	up 23.3%	rising
42	Czechia	43	2016	up 10.3%	rising
43	Ecuador	42.78	2021	up 6.9%	rising
44	Montenegro	42.74	2010	down 0.5%	flat
45	Brazil	42.4	2021	up 15.7%	rising
46	Germany	41.85	2011	up 2.2%	flat
47	Paraguay	40.67	2021	up 10.0%	rising
48	South Africa	40.19	2020	up 3.2%	falling
49	Dominican Republic	40.08	2013	up 9.3%	rising
50	Albania	39.88	2019	up 7.9%	rising
51	Thailand	39.82	2021	up 5.8%	rising
52	Colombia	39.69	2021	up 6.6%	rising
53	Ukraine	39.2	2012	down 12.1%	falling
54	Indonesia	39.15	2019	up 10.1%	rising
55	Palestine	39.07	2017	up 19.7%	rising
56	Namibia	38.98	2015	up 3.6%	rising
57	Morocco	38.95	2013	up 10.8%	rising
58	Belarus	38.84	2010	down 29.0%	falling
59	Bulgaria	38.71	2016	down 2.5%	flat
60	India	38.47	2019	up 7.6%	rising
61	Tunisia	38.25	2015	up 0.5%	rising
62	Philippines	37.72	2019	up 6.8%	rising
63	Venezuela	37.44	2006	up 6.9%	rising
64	Togo	37.31	2018	up 9.5%	rising
65	Laos	37.28	2018	up 8.9%	rising
66	Mexico	37.24	2020	up 7.3%	rising
67	Malawi	37.21	2019	up 13.8%	rising
68	Guinea	37.13	2018	down 4.6%	falling
69	El Salvador	37.13	2019	up 8.3%	rising
70	Ghana	37.02	2016	up 12.0%	falling
71	Nepal	36.4	2014	up 5.6%	rising
72	Senegal	36.39	2018	up 13.6%	flat
73	Egypt	36.32	2019	down 2.1%	flat
74	Guatemala	36.21	2019	up 8.6%	rising
75	Kenya	35.97	2019	up 11.4%	rising
76	Slovakia	35.77	2016	down 16.3%	rising
77	Zambia	35.69	2015	up 2.7%	falling
78	Mozambique	35.65	2014	up 2.7%	flat
79	Gambia	35.57	2020	up 3.4%	flat
80	Latvia	35.28	2016	up 33.9%	falling
81	Honduras	35.27	2019	up 12.2%	rising
82	Lithuania	35.18	2016	down 16.2%	falling
83	Jordan	34.91	2016	up 0.3%	rising
84	Rwanda	34.73	2021	up 11.3%	rising
85	Madagascar	34.59	2012	up 1.4%	flat
86	Nicaragua	34.34	2014	up 1.3%	flat
87	Russia	34	2016	down 19.2%	falling
88	Bangladesh	33.87	2016	up 0.9%	flat
89	Niger	33.76	2018	down 1.7%	falling
90	Norway	33.57	2016	down 30.8%	falling
91	Estonia	33.43	2016	up 20.1%	falling
92	Armenia	33.32	2020	up 2.6%	flat
93	Moldova	33.07	2021	down 16.0%	falling
94	Pakistan	32.84	2020	up 0.3%	flat
95	Belize	32.34	1999	up 1.8%	flat
96	Tanzania	32.17	2020	down 4.8%	falling
97	Uganda	31.81	2016	up 5.5%	rising
98	Kyrgyzstan	31.24	2020	up 17.5%	flat
99	Ethiopia	30.88	2021	up 0.7%	falling
100	Cambodia	30.65	2012	up 7.8%	flat
101	Kazakhstan	19.15	2018	down 52.2%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 34.64

About this data

Indicator: Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 103 places, 1,418 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026