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Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education by country

Countries reporting
107
Highest
46.52
Hungary
Lowest
27.93
Niger
Median
38.53
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,429

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 46.52 in Hungary; the lowest is 27.93 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.53, and the mean is 38.32.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 16.9%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 27.6%).

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hungary 46.52 2016 up 16.6% rising
2 Finland 46.4 2016 up 9.4% rising
3 Sweden 45.74 2016 up 9.2% rising
4 Bulgaria 45.61 2016 up 12.2% rising
5 Croatia 45.46 2016 up 8.2% rising
6 Latvia 45.46 2016 up 12.6% rising
7 Lithuania 45.15 2016 up 11.1% rising
8 Netherlands 45.11 2016 up 11.4% rising
9 Estonia 45.11 2016 up 9.5% rising
10 Slovakia 45.06 2016 up 12.6% rising
11 Norway 45.05 2016 up 5.4% rising
12 Slovenia 44.86 2016 up 11.7% rising
13 Italy 44.11 2016 up 10.0% rising
14 Greece 44.11 2016 up 13.9% rising
15 Moldova 44.08 2021 up 2.9% rising
16 Georgia 43.6 2020 up 2.5% flat
17 Spain 43.51 2016 up 13.7% rising
18 Iceland 43.27 2015 up 6.6% rising
19 Denmark 43.15 2016 up 1.3% flat
20 Armenia 43 2020 up 3.8% flat
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.95 2019 up 6.9% rising
22 Luxembourg 42.75 2016 up 6.9% rising
23 South Korea 42.63 2017 up 7.3% rising
24 Germany 42.61 2011 up 7.6% rising
25 Cyprus 42.2 2016 up 8.9% rising
26 Portugal 42.2 2016 up 16.9% rising
27 Ireland 42.03 2016 up 10.3% rising
28 Montenegro 41.92 2010 up 7.8% rising
29 United Kingdom 41.85 2016 up 2.7% flat
30 France 41.81 2016 up 5.6% rising
31 Serbia 41.6 2018 up 0.8% flat
32 Albania 41.59 2019 up 5.3% rising
33 Malta 41.39 2016 up 11.5% rising
34 Belarus 41.09 2010 up 3.5% flat
35 Russia 41.02 2016 up 0.9% flat
36 Czechia 40.99 2016 up 0.2% rising
37 Poland 40.99 2019 up 3.1% flat
38 Kazakhstan 40.81 2018 up 2.8% rising
39 Ukraine 40.71 2014 up 1.7% flat
40 Kyrgyzstan 40.68 2020 up 5.3% flat
41 North Macedonia 40.59 2020 up 1.5% flat
42 Romania 40.42 2018 up 3.1% rising
43 Kosovo 40.38 2017 down 4.2% flat
43 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.38 2017 down 4.2% flat
45 United States 40.28 2018 down 0.5% rising
46 Sri Lanka 40.11 2019 up 4.5% rising
47 Tunisia 39.47 2015 up 8.8% rising
48 Uruguay 39.32 2021 up 4.0% rising
49 Panama 39.18 2021 up 6.3% rising
50 Mongolia 39.1 2021 up 4.9% rising
51 Argentina 39.03 2021 up 1.6% flat
52 South Africa 38.95 2020 up 6.0% rising
53 Chile 38.65 2017 up 6.9% rising
54 Puerto Rico 38.53 2005 up 15.2% rising
55 Belgium 38.52 2003 up 2.7% flat
56 Mauritius 38.2 2017 up 3.5% rising
57 Austria 38.03 2003 up 3.2% flat
58 Costa Rica 37.72 2021 up 4.8% rising
59 Thailand 37.68 2021 up 7.5% rising
60 Tajikistan 36.81 2013 up 6.4% rising
61 Mexico 36.79 2020 up 1.8% flat
62 Egypt 36.55 2019 up 3.5% rising
63 Philippines 36.49 2019 up 3.4% rising
64 Peru 36.38 2021 up 4.8% rising
65 Brazil 36.36 2021 up 3.7% rising
66 China 36.36 2013 down 0.4% flat
67 Colombia 36.2 2021 up 4.2% rising
68 Trinidad and Tobago 36.1 2011 up 7.0% rising
69 Djibouti 35.98 2017 up 7.7% rising
70 India 35.87 2019 up 2.5% rising
71 Bangladesh 35.53 2016 down 2.9% flat
72 Jamaica 35.49 2002 up 15.2% rising
73 Morocco 35.3 2013 down 5.4% rising
74 Indonesia 35.22 2019 up 3.3% rising
75 Namibia 35.21 2015 up 2.9% rising
76 Ecuador 35.2 2021 down 2.7% rising
77 Jordan 35.13 2016 up 5.0% flat
78 Ghana 34.97 2016 down 4.8% rising
79 Venezuela 34.96 2006 up 6.2% rising
80 Dominican Republic 34.86 2013 up 4.2% rising
81 El Salvador 34.86 2019 up 3.5% rising
82 Palestine 34.85 2017 up 1.2% flat
83 Zambia 34.76 2015 up 3.4% flat
84 Bolivia 34.71 2021 up 3.4% rising
85 Pakistan 34.57 2020 down 1.3% flat
86 Guinea 34.28 2018 up 5.6% rising
87 Turkey 34.17 2019 up 12.3% rising
88 Madagascar 34.12 2012 up 1.0% rising
89 Gambia 33.97 2020 up 4.5% flat
90 Paraguay 33.67 2021 up 5.5% flat
91 Nigeria 33.47 2018 down 4.5% flat
92 Laos 33.45 2018 up 6.5% rising
93 Rwanda 33.14 2021 down 1.2% flat
94 Nicaragua 32.86 2014 up 3.5% rising
95 Honduras 32.57 2019 up 2.4% flat
96 Uganda 32.32 2016 up 4.3% rising
97 Belize 32.16 1999 up 5.5% rising
98 Cambodia 31.91 2012 down 3.2% falling
99 Guatemala 31.48 2019 up 2.1% flat
100 Tanzania 31.39 2020 down 3.7% falling
101 Ethiopia 30.67 2021 up 3.0% flat
102 Malawi 30.3 2019 down 3.1% falling
103 Nepal 30 2014 up 3.1% rising
104 Mozambique 29.75 2014 down 9.5% falling
105 Senegal 29.14 2018 down 19.3% falling
106 Togo 29.11 2018 down 11.8% falling
107 Niger 27.93 2018 down 27.6% flat

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Indicator
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,429 data points, 1970–2021
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