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

Countries reporting

104

Highest

44.32

Moldova

Lowest

30.16

Cambodia

Median

39.25

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,577

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 44.32 in Moldova; the lowest is 30.16 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.25, and the mean is 38.53.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 15.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 9.4%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Moldova	44.32	2021	up 7.6%	rising
2	Italy	43.98	2016	up 9.7%	rising
3	Denmark	43.43	2016	up 2.9%	rising
4	Hungary	42.89	2016	up 8.5%	rising
5	Finland	42.86	2016	up 2.8%	rising
6	Bulgaria	42.82	2016	up 6.2%	rising
7	Norway	42.77	2016	up 1.5%	flat
8	Lithuania	42.62	2016	up 5.6%	rising
9	Iceland	42.6	2015	up 7.0%	rising
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.56	2019	up 5.5%	rising
11	Spain	42.54	2016	up 9.7%	rising
12	Latvia	42.46	2016	up 6.1%	rising
13	Sweden	42.44	2016	up 1.0%	flat
14	Estonia	42.41	2016	up 3.8%	flat
15	Netherlands	42.39	2016	up 5.8%	rising
16	Germany	42.36	2011	up 8.2%	rising
17	Nigeria	42.35	2012	up 3.5%	rising
18	Portugal	42.12	2016	up 8.5%	rising
19	Slovenia	42.11	2016	up 4.9%	rising
20	Czechia	42.04	2016	up 3.6%	rising
21	Montenegro	41.85	2010	up 7.5%	rising
22	Belgium	41.84	2016	up 5.2%	rising
23	France	41.82	2016	up 4.3%	rising
24	Georgia	41.8	2020	up 0.6%	flat
25	Greece	41.58	2016	up 6.2%	rising
26	Romania	41.44	2018	up 5.9%	rising
27	Slovakia	41.43	2016	up 3.9%	rising
28	Armenia	41.39	2020	up 1.3%	flat
29	Croatia	41.37	2016	down 0.8%	flat
30	South Korea	41.35	2017	up 7.2%	rising
31	Russia	41.15	2016	up 0.1%	flat
32	Austria	41.12	2016	up 5.0%	rising
33	Belarus	41.05	2010	up 3.0%	flat
34	Serbia	40.98	2018	down 0.3%	flat
35	Kazakhstan	40.88	2018	up 2.2%	flat
36	Ireland	40.88	2016	up 6.9%	rising
37	North Macedonia	40.72	2020	up 0.7%	flat
38	Luxembourg	40.71	2016	up 2.0%	rising
39	Ukraine	40.57	2014	down 0.2%	flat
40	Poland	40.54	2019	up 3.2%	rising
41	Cyprus	40.41	2016	up 2.3%	flat
42	United Kingdom	40.36	2016	up 0.4%	rising
43	Kyrgyzstan	40.33	2020	up 4.1%	flat
44	Panama	40.12	2021	up 8.0%	rising
45	United States	40.05	2018	up 0.2%	rising
46	Albania	39.87	2019	up 2.2%	flat
47	Chile	39.7	2017	up 5.9%	rising
48	Sri Lanka	39.68	2019	up 3.4%	rising
49	Uruguay	39.57	2021	up 4.9%	flat
50	Mauritius	39.41	2017	up 3.7%	rising
51	South Africa	39.38	2020	up 4.9%	rising
52	Argentina	39.26	2021	up 5.0%	rising
53	Tunisia	39.24	2015	up 5.6%	rising
54	Malta	39.14	2016	up 4.7%	flat
55	Costa Rica	38.67	2021	up 7.6%	rising
56	Puerto Rico	38.49	2005	up 15.3%	rising
57	Australia	38.14	2015	up 4.2%	rising
58	Mongolia	38.08	2021	up 3.0%	flat
59	Thailand	38.03	2021	up 4.2%	rising
60	Morocco	37.41	2013	up 3.7%	rising
61	Trinidad and Tobago	37.39	2011	up 4.7%	rising
62	Guinea	37.37	2018	down 9.4%	flat
63	Brazil	37.19	2021	up 5.6%	rising
64	India	37.04	2019	up 4.5%	rising
65	Peru	36.86	2021	up 5.3%	rising
66	Ecuador	36.59	2021	up 0.9%	rising
67	Mexico	36.55	2020	up 4.7%	rising
68	Egypt	36.53	2019	down 0.2%	rising
69	Colombia	36.51	2021	up 4.3%	rising
70	Laos	36.49	2018	up 8.7%	rising
71	Senegal	36.38	2018	up 6.1%	rising
72	Niger	36.34	2018	up 2.1%	flat
73	Indonesia	36.25	2019	up 4.1%	rising
74	Malawi	36.12	2019	up 10.1%	rising
75	Turkey	36.04	2019	up 13.6%	rising
76	Kenya	35.99	2019	up 8.8%	flat
77	Philippines	35.87	2019	up 4.5%	flat
78	Bolivia	35.84	2021	up 4.9%	rising
79	Dominican Republic	35.82	2013	up 4.8%	rising
80	Madagascar	35.78	2012	up 0.1%	flat
81	Namibia	35.74	2015	up 1.7%	flat
82	Togo	35.59	2018	down 0.9%	rising
83	Zambia	35.58	2015	up 1.8%	flat
84	El Salvador	35.45	2019	up 4.9%	rising
85	Jamaica	35.27	2002	up 6.2%	rising
86	Ghana	35.23	2016	down 3.8%	falling
87	Venezuela	34.82	2006	up 5.3%	rising
88	Nepal	34.72	2014	up 2.1%	rising
89	Palestine	34.49	2017	up 3.0%	rising
90	Gambia	34.44	2020	up 2.1%	flat
91	Jordan	34.42	2016	up 4.6%	rising
92	Rwanda	34.39	2021	up 9.3%	rising
93	Paraguay	34.19	2021	up 2.4%	rising
94	Bangladesh	34.07	2016	down 1.0%	flat
95	Mozambique	34.03	2014	down 2.5%	falling
96	Honduras	33.54	2019	up 7.2%	rising
97	Guatemala	33.35	2019	up 4.1%	rising
98	Pakistan	33.21	2020	down 0.1%	flat
99	Nicaragua	33.15	2014	up 4.1%	flat
100	Tanzania	32.77	2020	down 4.5%	falling
101	Ethiopia	32.29	2021	up 4.1%	flat
102	Uganda	31.75	2016	up 1.5%	flat
103	Belize	31.62	1999	up 2.6%	flat
104	Cambodia	30.16	2012	up 2.6%	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, total
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 1,577 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026