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

Countries reporting

104

Highest

46.52

Hungary

Lowest

27.93

Niger

Median

38.53

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,415

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 104 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 38.3.

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

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 16 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	United States	40.28	2018	down 0.5%	rising
44	Sri Lanka	40.11	2019	up 4.5%	rising
45	Tunisia	39.47	2015	up 8.8%	rising
46	Uruguay	39.32	2021	up 4.0%	rising
47	Panama	39.18	2021	up 6.3%	rising
48	Mongolia	39.1	2021	up 4.9%	rising
49	Argentina	39.03	2021	up 1.6%	flat
50	South Africa	38.95	2020	up 6.0%	rising
51	Chile	38.65	2017	up 6.9%	rising
52	Puerto Rico	38.53	2005	up 15.2%	rising
53	Belgium	38.52	2003	up 2.7%	flat
54	Mauritius	38.2	2017	up 3.5%	rising
55	Austria	38.03	2003	up 3.2%	flat
56	Costa Rica	37.72	2021	up 4.8%	rising
57	Thailand	37.68	2021	up 7.5%	rising
58	Tajikistan	36.81	2013	up 6.4%	rising
59	Mexico	36.79	2020	up 1.8%	flat
60	Egypt	36.55	2019	up 3.5%	rising
61	Philippines	36.49	2019	up 3.4%	rising
62	Peru	36.38	2021	up 4.8%	rising
63	Brazil	36.36	2021	up 3.7%	rising
64	China	36.36	2013	down 0.4%	flat
65	Colombia	36.2	2021	up 4.2%	rising
66	Trinidad and Tobago	36.1	2011	up 7.0%	rising
67	India	35.87	2019	up 2.5%	rising
68	Bangladesh	35.53	2016	down 2.9%	flat
69	Jamaica	35.49	2002	up 15.2%	rising
70	Morocco	35.3	2013	down 5.4%	rising
71	Indonesia	35.22	2019	up 3.3%	rising
72	Namibia	35.21	2015	up 2.9%	rising
73	Ecuador	35.2	2021	down 2.7%	rising
74	Jordan	35.13	2016	up 5.0%	flat
75	Ghana	34.97	2016	down 4.8%	rising
76	Venezuela	34.96	2006	up 6.2%	rising
77	Dominican Republic	34.86	2013	up 4.2%	rising
78	El Salvador	34.86	2019	up 3.5%	rising
79	Palestine	34.85	2017	up 1.2%	flat
80	Zambia	34.76	2015	up 3.4%	flat
81	Bolivia	34.71	2021	up 3.4%	rising
82	Pakistan	34.57	2020	down 1.3%	flat
83	Guinea	34.28	2018	up 5.6%	rising
84	Turkey	34.17	2019	up 12.3%	rising
85	Madagascar	34.12	2012	up 1.0%	rising
86	Gambia	33.97	2020	up 4.5%	flat
87	Paraguay	33.67	2021	up 5.5%	flat
88	Nigeria	33.47	2018	down 4.5%	flat
89	Laos	33.45	2018	up 6.5%	rising
90	Rwanda	33.14	2021	down 1.2%	flat
91	Nicaragua	32.86	2014	up 3.5%	rising
92	Honduras	32.57	2019	up 2.4%	flat
93	Uganda	32.32	2016	up 4.3%	rising
94	Belize	32.16	1999	up 5.5%	rising
95	Cambodia	31.91	2012	down 3.2%	falling
96	Guatemala	31.48	2019	up 2.1%	flat
97	Tanzania	31.39	2020	down 3.7%	falling
98	Ethiopia	30.67	2021	up 3.0%	flat
99	Malawi	30.3	2019	down 3.1%	falling
100	Nepal	30	2014	up 3.1%	rising
101	Mozambique	29.75	2014	down 9.5%	falling
102	Senegal	29.14	2018	down 19.3%	falling
103	Togo	29.11	2018	down 11.8%	falling
104	Niger	27.93	2018	down 27.6%	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 40.38

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 1,415 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026