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

Countries reporting
104
Highest
59.78
Malta
Lowest
19.15
Kazakhstan
Median
39.76
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,432

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 59.78 in Malta; the lowest is 19.15 in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.76, and the mean is 40.66.

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

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 20 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Djibouti 43.15 2017 up 17.9% rising
42 Turkey 43.13 2019 up 23.3% rising
43 Czechia 43 2016 up 10.3% rising
44 Ecuador 42.78 2021 up 6.9% rising
45 Montenegro 42.74 2010 down 0.5% flat
46 Brazil 42.4 2021 up 15.7% rising
47 Germany 41.85 2011 up 2.2% flat
48 Paraguay 40.67 2021 up 10.0% rising
49 South Africa 40.19 2020 up 3.2% falling
50 Dominican Republic 40.08 2013 up 9.3% rising
51 Albania 39.88 2019 up 7.9% rising
52 Thailand 39.82 2021 up 5.8% rising
53 Colombia 39.69 2021 up 6.6% rising
54 Ukraine 39.2 2012 down 12.1% falling
55 Indonesia 39.15 2019 up 10.1% rising
56 Palestine 39.07 2017 up 19.7% rising
57 Namibia 38.98 2015 up 3.6% rising
58 Morocco 38.95 2013 up 10.8% rising
59 Belarus 38.84 2010 down 29.0% falling
60 Bulgaria 38.71 2016 down 2.5% flat
61 India 38.47 2019 up 7.6% rising
62 Tunisia 38.25 2015 up 0.5% rising
63 Philippines 37.72 2019 up 6.8% rising
64 Venezuela 37.44 2006 up 6.9% rising
65 Togo 37.31 2018 up 9.5% rising
66 Laos 37.28 2018 up 8.9% rising
67 Mexico 37.24 2020 up 7.3% rising
68 Malawi 37.21 2019 up 13.8% rising
69 Guinea 37.13 2018 down 4.6% falling
70 El Salvador 37.13 2019 up 8.3% rising
71 Ghana 37.02 2016 up 12.0% falling
72 Nepal 36.4 2014 up 5.6% rising
73 Senegal 36.39 2018 up 13.6% flat
74 Egypt 36.32 2019 down 2.1% flat
75 Guatemala 36.21 2019 up 8.6% rising
76 Kenya 35.97 2019 up 11.4% rising
77 Slovakia 35.77 2016 down 16.3% rising
78 Zambia 35.69 2015 up 2.7% falling
79 Mozambique 35.65 2014 up 2.7% flat
80 Gambia 35.57 2020 up 3.4% flat
81 Latvia 35.28 2016 up 33.9% falling
82 Honduras 35.27 2019 up 12.2% rising
83 Lithuania 35.18 2016 down 16.2% falling
84 Jordan 34.91 2016 up 0.3% rising
85 Rwanda 34.73 2021 up 11.3% rising
86 Kosovo 34.64 2017 down 10.5% flat
86 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 34.64 2017 down 10.5% flat
88 Madagascar 34.59 2012 up 1.4% flat
89 Nicaragua 34.34 2014 up 1.3% flat
90 Russia 34 2016 down 19.2% falling
91 Bangladesh 33.87 2016 up 0.9% flat
92 Niger 33.76 2018 down 1.7% falling
93 Norway 33.57 2016 down 30.8% falling
94 Estonia 33.43 2016 up 20.1% falling
95 Armenia 33.32 2020 up 2.6% flat
96 Moldova 33.07 2021 down 16.0% falling
97 Pakistan 32.84 2020 up 0.3% flat
98 Belize 32.34 1999 up 1.8% flat
99 Tanzania 32.17 2020 down 4.8% falling
100 Uganda 31.81 2016 up 5.5% rising
101 Kyrgyzstan 31.24 2020 up 17.5% flat
102 Ethiopia 30.88 2021 up 0.7% falling
103 Cambodia 30.65 2012 up 7.8% flat
104 Kazakhstan 19.15 2018 down 52.2% falling

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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
104 places, 1,432 data points, 1970–2021
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