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Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64 by country

Countries reporting
106
Highest
45.7
Moldova
Lowest
35.21
Ethiopia
Median
41.22
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,498

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 45.7 in Moldova; the lowest is 35.21 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.22, and the mean is 40.97.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 14.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 10.3%).

Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 45.7 2021 up 5.1% rising
2 Denmark 44.84 2016 up 2.5% rising
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.81 2019 up 7.3% rising
4 Italy 44.77 2016 up 8.1% rising
5 Iceland 44.53 2015 up 3.8% flat
6 Germany 44.34 2011 up 5.9% rising
7 Norway 44.22 2016 up 1.8% flat
8 Finland 44.16 2016 up 1.7% rising
9 Sweden 43.94 2016 up 0.4% flat
10 Hungary 43.89 2016 up 7.3% rising
11 Lithuania 43.81 2016 up 4.3% rising
12 Netherlands 43.75 2016 up 4.6% rising
13 Latvia 43.67 2016 up 3.3% rising
14 Estonia 43.65 2016 up 1.9% flat
15 Bulgaria 43.62 2016 up 3.7% rising
16 Nigeria 43.61 2012 up 4.1% rising
17 Georgia 43.32 2020 up 0.1% flat
18 United States 43.27 2018 up 0.7% rising
19 Spain 43.19 2016 up 7.3% rising
20 South Korea 43.14 2017 up 7.4% rising
21 Portugal 43.13 2016 up 6.4% rising
22 France 43.11 2016 up 3.4% flat
23 Ireland 43.01 2016 up 2.2% rising
24 Montenegro 42.98 2010 up 2.3% flat
25 Armenia 42.95 2020 down 0.4% flat
26 Czechia 42.95 2016 up 2.1% flat
27 Panama 42.82 2021 up 6.6% rising
28 United Kingdom 42.79 2016 up 0.2% rising
29 Slovenia 42.64 2016 up 4.0% rising
30 Belarus 42.62 2010 up 2.5% flat
31 Russia 42.6 2016 down 1.2% flat
32 Croatia 42.56 2016 down 1.4% flat
33 Slovakia 42.54 2016 up 2.5% rising
34 Kosovo 42.5 2017 up 2.8% flat
34 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 42.5 2017 up 2.8% flat
36 Kyrgyzstan 42.43 2020 up 0.5% flat
37 Serbia 42.31 2018 down 0.4% flat
38 Greece 42.27 2016 up 4.7% rising
39 Romania 42.26 2018 up 4.8% rising
40 Uruguay 42.18 2021 up 2.4% flat
41 Kazakhstan 42.18 2018 down 0.7% flat
42 Sri Lanka 42.18 2019 up 2.9% rising
43 Ukraine 42.16 2014 down 0.4% flat
44 North Macedonia 42.02 2020 up 0.9% flat
45 Chile 42.01 2017 up 3.5% rising
46 Poland 41.93 2019 up 2.8% flat
47 Mauritius 41.9 2017 up 3.1% rising
48 Luxembourg 41.84 2016 up 1.9% rising
49 Albania 41.84 2019 up 1.7% flat
50 Cyprus 41.55 2016 up 1.3% flat
51 Argentina 41.55 2021 up 2.8% flat
52 Tunisia 41.53 2015 up 3.8% rising
53 Malta 41.24 2016 up 1.8% flat
54 Costa Rica 41.2 2021 up 3.8% rising
55 Puerto Rico 41.15 2005 up 14.1% flat
56 Peru 41.12 2021 up 2.3% rising
57 South Africa 40.48 2020 up 3.2% flat
58 Morocco 40.44 2013 up 1.6% rising
59 Djibouti 40.39 2017 up 6.7% rising
60 Mexico 40.39 2020 up 2.8% flat
61 Belgium 40.27 2003 up 4.6% flat
62 Trinidad and Tobago 40.24 2011 up 2.1% flat
63 Austria 40.21 2003 up 3.6% flat
64 Brazil 40.21 2021 up 2.5% rising
65 Ecuador 40.09 2021 down 0.9% rising
66 Thailand 40.08 2021 up 2.1% rising
67 India 39.73 2019 up 1.6% flat
68 Indonesia 39.67 2019 up 3.1% rising
69 Mongolia 39.61 2021 up 1.6% flat
70 Egypt 39.61 2019 down 1.9% flat
71 Madagascar 39.59 2012 down 0.0% flat
72 El Salvador 39.57 2019 up 3.8% rising
73 Dominican Republic 39.56 2013 up 3.7% rising
74 Colombia 39.55 2021 up 1.8% rising
75 Senegal 39.34 2018 up 2.9% flat
76 Philippines 39.19 2019 up 1.4% flat
77 Bolivia 39.08 2021 up 1.3% flat
78 Jamaica 39.08 2002 up 3.1% flat
79 Niger 39.07 2018 up 1.3% flat
80 Honduras 39.04 2019 up 2.9% flat
81 Turkey 38.9 2019 up 11.8% rising
82 Guatemala 38.88 2019 up 3.2% flat
83 Palestine 38.78 2017 up 6.0% rising
84 Nepal 38.77 2014 up 0.7% flat
85 Paraguay 38.74 2021 up 0.5% flat
86 Venezuela 38.65 2006 up 3.6% flat
87 Rwanda 38.51 2021 up 4.0% rising
88 Guinea 38.48 2018 down 10.3% flat
89 Namibia 38.43 2015 up 1.5% flat
90 Mozambique 38.41 2014 up 0.5% flat
91 Laos 38.38 2018 down 2.3% flat
92 Malawi 38.36 2019 up 3.4% flat
93 Bangladesh 38.33 2016 down 2.5% flat
94 Togo 38.3 2018 up 0.4% flat
95 Kenya 38.25 2019 up 3.4% flat
96 Gambia 38 2020 up 2.1% flat
97 Nicaragua 37.98 2014 up 0.6% flat
98 Pakistan 37.91 2020 down 1.8% flat
99 Ghana 37.81 2016 down 3.6% falling
100 Zambia 37.49 2015 up 1.6% flat
101 Tanzania 37.24 2020 down 3.1% flat
102 Belize 37.15 1999 up 1.3% flat
103 Jordan 36.99 2016 up 1.4% flat
104 Cambodia 36.61 2012 down 2.7% flat
105 Uganda 36.43 2016 up 1.8% flat
106 Ethiopia 35.21 2021 down 1.6% falling

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Indicator
Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64
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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