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

Countries reporting

103

Highest

45.7

Moldova

Lowest

35.21

Ethiopia

Median

41.2

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,483

What the numbers show

Average age of wage workers, aged 25-64 is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 45.7 in Moldova; the lowest is 35.21 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.2, and the mean is 40.94.

Over the past decade 86 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Kyrgyzstan	42.43	2020	up 0.5%	flat
35	Serbia	42.31	2018	down 0.4%	flat
36	Greece	42.27	2016	up 4.7%	rising
37	Romania	42.26	2018	up 4.8%	rising
38	Uruguay	42.18	2021	up 2.4%	flat
39	Kazakhstan	42.18	2018	down 0.7%	flat
40	Sri Lanka	42.18	2019	up 2.9%	rising
41	Ukraine	42.16	2014	down 0.4%	flat
42	North Macedonia	42.02	2020	up 0.9%	flat
43	Chile	42.01	2017	up 3.5%	rising
44	Poland	41.93	2019	up 2.8%	flat
45	Mauritius	41.9	2017	up 3.1%	rising
46	Luxembourg	41.84	2016	up 1.9%	rising
47	Albania	41.84	2019	up 1.7%	flat
48	Cyprus	41.55	2016	up 1.3%	flat
49	Argentina	41.55	2021	up 2.8%	flat
50	Tunisia	41.53	2015	up 3.8%	rising
51	Malta	41.24	2016	up 1.8%	flat
52	Costa Rica	41.2	2021	up 3.8%	rising
53	Puerto Rico	41.15	2005	up 14.1%	flat
54	Peru	41.12	2021	up 2.3%	rising
55	South Africa	40.48	2020	up 3.2%	flat
56	Morocco	40.44	2013	up 1.6%	rising
57	Mexico	40.39	2020	up 2.8%	flat
58	Belgium	40.27	2003	up 4.6%	flat
59	Trinidad and Tobago	40.24	2011	up 2.1%	flat
60	Austria	40.21	2003	up 3.6%	flat
61	Brazil	40.21	2021	up 2.5%	rising
62	Ecuador	40.09	2021	down 0.9%	rising
63	Thailand	40.08	2021	up 2.1%	rising
64	India	39.73	2019	up 1.6%	flat
65	Indonesia	39.67	2019	up 3.1%	rising
66	Mongolia	39.61	2021	up 1.6%	flat
67	Egypt	39.61	2019	down 1.9%	flat
68	Madagascar	39.59	2012	down 0.0%	flat
69	El Salvador	39.57	2019	up 3.8%	rising
70	Dominican Republic	39.56	2013	up 3.7%	rising
71	Colombia	39.55	2021	up 1.8%	rising
72	Senegal	39.34	2018	up 2.9%	flat
73	Philippines	39.19	2019	up 1.4%	flat
74	Bolivia	39.08	2021	up 1.3%	flat
75	Jamaica	39.08	2002	up 3.1%	flat
76	Niger	39.07	2018	up 1.3%	flat
77	Honduras	39.04	2019	up 2.9%	flat
78	Turkey	38.9	2019	up 11.8%	rising
79	Guatemala	38.88	2019	up 3.2%	flat
80	Palestine	38.78	2017	up 6.0%	rising
81	Nepal	38.77	2014	up 0.7%	flat
82	Paraguay	38.74	2021	up 0.5%	flat
83	Venezuela	38.65	2006	up 3.6%	flat
84	Rwanda	38.51	2021	up 4.0%	rising
85	Guinea	38.48	2018	down 10.3%	flat
86	Namibia	38.43	2015	up 1.5%	flat
87	Mozambique	38.41	2014	up 0.5%	flat
88	Laos	38.38	2018	down 2.3%	flat
89	Malawi	38.36	2019	up 3.4%	flat
90	Bangladesh	38.33	2016	down 2.5%	flat
91	Togo	38.3	2018	up 0.4%	flat
92	Kenya	38.25	2019	up 3.4%	flat
93	Gambia	38	2020	up 2.1%	flat
94	Nicaragua	37.98	2014	up 0.6%	flat
95	Pakistan	37.91	2020	down 1.8%	flat
96	Ghana	37.81	2016	down 3.6%	falling
97	Zambia	37.49	2015	up 1.6%	flat
98	Tanzania	37.24	2020	down 3.1%	flat
99	Belize	37.15	1999	up 1.3%	flat
100	Jordan	36.99	2016	up 1.4%	flat
101	Cambodia	36.61	2012	down 2.7%	flat
102	Uganda	36.43	2016	up 1.8%	flat
103	Ethiopia	35.21	2021	down 1.6%	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 25-64
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 105 places, 1,483 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026