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

Countries reporting
107
Highest
44.32
Moldova
Lowest
30.16
Cambodia
Median
39.29
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,592

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 44.32 in Moldova; the lowest is 30.16 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.29, and the mean is 38.56.

Over the past decade 96 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Kosovo 40 2017 up 1.2% flat
46 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40 2017 up 1.2% flat
48 Albania 39.87 2019 up 2.2% flat
49 Chile 39.7 2017 up 5.9% rising
50 Sri Lanka 39.68 2019 up 3.4% rising
51 Uruguay 39.57 2021 up 4.9% flat
52 Mauritius 39.41 2017 up 3.7% rising
53 South Africa 39.38 2020 up 4.9% rising
54 Djibouti 39.29 2017 up 9.3% rising
55 Argentina 39.26 2021 up 5.0% rising
56 Tunisia 39.24 2015 up 5.6% rising
57 Malta 39.14 2016 up 4.7% flat
58 Costa Rica 38.67 2021 up 7.6% rising
59 Puerto Rico 38.49 2005 up 15.3% rising
60 Australia 38.14 2015 up 4.2% rising
61 Mongolia 38.08 2021 up 3.0% flat
62 Thailand 38.03 2021 up 4.2% rising
63 Morocco 37.41 2013 up 3.7% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 37.39 2011 up 4.7% rising
65 Guinea 37.37 2018 down 9.4% flat
66 Brazil 37.19 2021 up 5.6% rising
67 India 37.04 2019 up 4.5% rising
68 Peru 36.86 2021 up 5.3% rising
69 Ecuador 36.59 2021 up 0.9% rising
70 Mexico 36.55 2020 up 4.7% rising
71 Egypt 36.53 2019 down 0.2% rising
72 Colombia 36.51 2021 up 4.3% rising
73 Laos 36.49 2018 up 8.7% rising
74 Senegal 36.38 2018 up 6.1% rising
75 Niger 36.34 2018 up 2.1% flat
76 Indonesia 36.25 2019 up 4.1% rising
77 Malawi 36.12 2019 up 10.1% rising
78 Turkey 36.04 2019 up 13.6% rising
79 Kenya 35.99 2019 up 8.8% flat
80 Philippines 35.87 2019 up 4.5% flat
81 Bolivia 35.84 2021 up 4.9% rising
82 Dominican Republic 35.82 2013 up 4.8% rising
83 Madagascar 35.78 2012 up 0.1% flat
84 Namibia 35.74 2015 up 1.7% flat
85 Togo 35.59 2018 down 0.9% rising
86 Zambia 35.58 2015 up 1.8% flat
87 El Salvador 35.45 2019 up 4.9% rising
88 Jamaica 35.27 2002 up 6.2% rising
89 Ghana 35.23 2016 down 3.8% falling
90 Venezuela 34.82 2006 up 5.3% rising
91 Nepal 34.72 2014 up 2.1% rising
92 Palestine 34.49 2017 up 3.0% rising
93 Gambia 34.44 2020 up 2.1% flat
94 Jordan 34.42 2016 up 4.6% rising
95 Rwanda 34.39 2021 up 9.3% rising
96 Paraguay 34.19 2021 up 2.4% rising
97 Bangladesh 34.07 2016 down 1.0% flat
98 Mozambique 34.03 2014 down 2.5% falling
99 Honduras 33.54 2019 up 7.2% rising
100 Guatemala 33.35 2019 up 4.1% rising
101 Pakistan 33.21 2020 down 0.1% flat
102 Nicaragua 33.15 2014 up 4.1% flat
103 Tanzania 32.77 2020 down 4.5% falling
104 Ethiopia 32.29 2021 up 4.1% flat
105 Uganda 31.75 2016 up 1.5% flat
106 Belize 31.62 1999 up 2.6% flat
107 Cambodia 30.16 2012 up 2.6% falling

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Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,592 data points, 1970–2021
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