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Average age of workers, aged 15-24 by country

Countries reporting
108
Highest
22.64
Lithuania
Lowest
18.69
Niger
Median
21.42
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-24 is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 22.64 in Lithuania; the lowest is 18.69 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.42, and the mean is 21.13.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 14.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 2.6%).

Average age of workers, aged 15-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 22.64 2016 up 1.6% flat
2 Cyprus 22.62 2016 up 1.6% flat
3 Ukraine 22.58 2014 up 2.4% flat
4 Czechia 22.55 2016 up 1.7% rising
5 Slovakia 22.53 2016 up 0.5% rising
6 Bulgaria 22.49 2016 up 5.4% rising
7 Slovenia 22.45 2016 down 0.1% rising
8 Latvia 22.42 2016 up 2.8% rising
9 Spain 22.35 2016 up 2.3% rising
10 Belarus 22.35 2010 up 1.4% flat
11 Estonia 22.33 2016 up 1.3% flat
12 Italy 22.3 2016 up 1.8% rising
13 South Africa 22.28 2020 up 1.1% flat
14 Portugal 22.27 2016 up 2.1% rising
15 Kazakhstan 22.27 2018 up 3.1% flat
16 Luxembourg 22.27 2016 up 0.2% rising
17 Hungary 22.26 2016 down 0.3% flat
18 Greece 22.24 2016 down 0.3% rising
19 Finland 22.21 2016 up 0.8% rising
20 Russia 22.13 2016 up 1.8% flat
21 Poland 22 2019 up 0.2% flat
22 North Macedonia 21.99 2020 up 2.6% flat
23 Croatia 21.99 2016 up 0.6% flat
24 Montenegro 21.96 2010 up 2.8% flat
25 Malta 21.87 2016 up 1.0% flat
26 South Korea 21.86 2017 down 1.2% flat
27 Netherlands 21.84 2016 up 0.7% rising
28 France 21.81 2016 down 1.6% flat
29 Serbia 21.78 2018 up 0.0% flat
30 Mongolia 21.78 2021 up 0.8% rising
31 Kosovo 21.78 2017 down 1.2% flat
31 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 21.78 2017 down 1.2% flat
33 Armenia 21.76 2020 up 1.9% flat
34 Albania 21.75 2019 up 3.8% rising
35 Moldova 21.73 2021 up 2.8% rising
36 Chile 21.72 2017 up 2.6% flat
37 Norway 21.7 2016 down 0.1% flat
38 China 21.64 2013 up 4.0% flat
39 Thailand 21.63 2021 up 3.3% rising
40 Sweden 21.61 2016 up 0.7% flat
41 United Kingdom 21.61 2016 up 1.7% rising
42 Djibouti 21.61 2017 up 6.5% flat
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.56 2019 down 1.1% flat
44 Mauritius 21.56 2017 up 1.5% flat
45 Costa Rica 21.54 2021 up 2.3% rising
46 Namibia 21.5 2015 up 2.8% rising
47 Trinidad and Tobago 21.48 2011 up 2.7% flat
48 Ireland 21.46 2016 up 1.7% rising
49 Romania 21.45 2018 down 1.3% rising
50 Puerto Rico 21.44 2005 down 1.3% flat
51 Iceland 21.43 2015 up 2.6% flat
52 Jordan 21.43 2016 down 0.2% flat
53 Argentina 21.43 2021 up 1.4% flat
54 Germany 21.42 2011 up 4.5% flat
55 Belgium 21.42 2003 down 0.5% flat
56 Sri Lanka 21.41 2019 up 0.5% flat
57 Uruguay 21.37 2021 up 2.4% flat
58 Georgia 21.33 2020 up 0.0% flat
59 Denmark 21.32 2016 down 0.4% rising
60 Jamaica 21.09 2002 up 2.8% flat
61 Brazil 21.08 2021 up 2.9% rising
62 Colombia 21 2021 up 2.7% flat
63 Tunisia 21 2015 up 1.8% flat
64 India 20.96 2019 up 3.4% rising
65 Indonesia 20.92 2019 up 2.4% rising
66 Panama 20.9 2021 up 1.2% flat
67 Philippines 20.87 2019 up 4.3% flat
68 Palestine 20.85 2017 down 0.2% flat
69 Egypt 20.81 2019 up 0.5% rising
70 Dominican Republic 20.8 2013 up 0.0% flat
71 Tajikistan 20.76 2013 up 3.1% flat
72 Gambia 20.74 2020 up 4.5% flat
73 United States 20.69 2018 down 1.8% flat
74 El Salvador 20.69 2019 up 2.9% flat
75 Morocco 20.64 2013 up 3.4% rising
76 Venezuela 20.63 2006 up 1.2% flat
77 Rwanda 20.62 2021 up 1.8% rising
78 Zambia 20.6 2015 up 0.2% flat
79 Turkey 20.58 2019 up 14.0% rising
80 Mexico 20.5 2020 up 1.4% flat
81 Kyrgyzstan 20.41 2020 up 0.0% flat
82 Paraguay 20.28 2021 up 2.1% flat
83 Ecuador 20.28 2021 down 1.2% flat
84 Bolivia 20.25 2021 up 2.1% flat
85 Austria 20.25 2003 down 0.4% flat
86 Nicaragua 20.22 2014 up 1.1% flat
87 Kenya 20.09 2019 down 1.0% flat
88 Bangladesh 20.05 2016 up 1.3% flat
89 Belize 20.04 1999 down 0.3% flat
90 Laos 20 2018 up 3.9% flat
91 Pakistan 19.99 2020 up 1.4% flat
92 Honduras 19.96 2019 up 1.6% flat
93 Guatemala 19.94 2019 up 1.3% flat
94 Ghana 19.88 2016 down 0.4% flat
95 Cambodia 19.79 2012 up 0.8% flat
96 Guinea 19.75 2018 up 6.9% flat
97 Peru 19.65 2021 up 0.5% flat
98 Tanzania 19.65 2020 up 0.1% flat
99 Uganda 19.61 2016 up 2.2% flat
100 Mozambique 19.54 2014 down 2.0% flat
101 Madagascar 19.48 2012 up 0.2% flat
102 Senegal 19.43 2018 down 0.3% flat
103 Nigeria 19.33 2018 down 0.7% flat
104 Nepal 19.3 2014 up 0.5% flat
105 Ethiopia 19.25 2021 down 1.1% flat
106 Malawi 19.23 2019 down 2.0% falling
107 Togo 19.11 2018 down 0.4% flat
108 Niger 18.69 2018 down 2.6% flat

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Indicator
Average age of workers, aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,528 data points, 1970–2021
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