Average age of workers, aged 15-64, female by country

Countries reporting

105

Highest

44.89

Georgia

Lowest

29.5

Niger

Median

39.35

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,513

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 44.89 in Georgia; the lowest is 29.5 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.35, and the mean is 39.17.

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

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 16.9%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 10.6%).

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Georgia	44.89	2020	up 2.0%	flat
2	Italy	44.39	2016	up 10.1%	rising
3	Armenia	44.22	2020	up 3.5%	flat
4	Moldova	44.12	2021	up 4.2%	rising
5	Finland	44.01	2016	up 2.7%	rising
6	Lithuania	43.98	2016	up 6.7%	rising
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.96	2019	up 6.2%	rising
8	Denmark	43.93	2016	up 2.7%	rising
9	Hungary	43.85	2016	up 8.1%	rising
10	Estonia	43.72	2016	up 3.7%	rising
11	Bulgaria	43.68	2016	up 7.0%	rising
12	Latvia	43.62	2016	up 4.8%	rising
13	Iceland	43.61	2015	up 6.9%	rising
14	Norway	43.44	2016	up 1.7%	flat
15	Sweden	43.1	2016	up 1.3%	flat
16	Czechia	42.78	2016	up 3.4%	rising
17	Spain	42.69	2016	up 9.9%	rising
18	Netherlands	42.63	2016	up 7.4%	rising
19	Serbia	42.63	2018	up 1.5%	flat
20	Slovenia	42.62	2016	up 6.2%	rising
21	Germany	42.6	2011	up 8.4%	rising
22	Greece	42.51	2016	up 6.3%	rising
23	South Korea	42.45	2017	up 5.9%	rising
24	Portugal	42.43	2016	up 5.7%	rising
25	Slovakia	42.24	2016	up 5.7%	rising
26	Montenegro	42.22	2010	up 11.8%	rising
27	France	42.18	2016	up 3.3%	flat
28	Kyrgyzstan	42.03	2020	up 5.8%	rising
29	Thailand	42.01	2021	up 5.6%	rising
30	Croatia	41.85	2016	up 0.2%	flat
31	Russia	41.71	2016	up 1.9%	flat
32	Sri Lanka	41.58	2019	up 3.8%	rising
33	Romania	41.43	2018	up 4.8%	rising
34	Albania	41.42	2019	up 9.2%	rising
35	Belarus	41.29	2010	up 4.6%	flat
36	Poland	41.21	2019	up 4.8%	flat
37	Kazakhstan	41.15	2018	up 1.7%	rising
38	Ukraine	41.09	2014	up 0.6%	flat
39	Ireland	41.04	2016	up 6.1%	rising
40	North Macedonia	40.95	2020	up 1.9%	flat
41	Luxembourg	40.91	2016	up 3.7%	rising
42	United Kingdom	40.89	2016	up 1.0%	rising
43	Panama	40.86	2021	up 6.8%	rising
44	Uruguay	40.73	2021	up 3.1%	flat
45	Chile	40.5	2017	up 5.0%	rising
46	South Africa	40.25	2020	up 4.8%	rising
47	United States	40.19	2018	down 0.8%	rising
48	Mongolia	40.06	2021	up 6.3%	rising
49	Cyprus	40.02	2016	up 2.2%	flat
50	Argentina	39.86	2021	up 1.9%	flat
51	Costa Rica	39.63	2021	up 6.6%	rising
52	Ecuador	39.37	2021	up 1.2%	rising
53	India	39.35	2019	up 7.0%	rising
54	China	39.12	2013	up 4.1%	flat
55	Peru	39.07	2021	up 5.0%	rising
56	Indonesia	39.02	2019	up 5.2%	rising
57	Puerto Rico	39.01	2005	up 16.9%	rising
58	Mauritius	38.98	2017	up 2.9%	rising
59	Tunisia	38.69	2015	up 7.7%	rising
60	Egypt	38.59	2019	up 1.7%	rising
61	Belgium	38.52	2003	up 6.9%	rising
62	Philippines	38.39	2019	up 3.2%	flat
63	Brazil	38.38	2021	up 3.9%	rising
64	Mexico	38.37	2020	up 4.8%	rising
65	Bolivia	38.31	2021	up 4.2%	rising
66	El Salvador	38.26	2019	up 5.2%	rising
67	Colombia	38.18	2021	up 1.8%	rising
68	Dominican Republic	38.17	2013	up 7.0%	rising
69	Malta	38.06	2016	up 8.1%	rising
70	Jamaica	37.77	2002	up 2.9%	flat
71	Austria	37.71	2003	up 5.5%	rising
72	Trinidad and Tobago	37.65	2011	up 5.8%	rising
73	Morocco	37.59	2013	up 5.2%	rising
74	Turkey	37.38	2019	up 11.9%	rising
75	Paraguay	37.26	2021	up 2.2%	rising
76	Tajikistan	37.23	2013	up 12.5%	rising
77	Venezuela	37.03	2006	up 5.5%	rising
78	Kenya	36.91	2019	up 5.6%	rising
79	Honduras	36.86	2019	up 3.1%	rising
80	Palestine	36.75	2017	up 0.5%	rising
81	Nicaragua	36.36	2014	up 3.2%	rising
82	Namibia	36.33	2015	up 7.3%	rising
83	Ghana	36.22	2016	up 0.3%	flat
84	Gambia	35.81	2020	up 6.5%	rising
85	Nigeria	35.71	2018	down 2.0%	flat
86	Laos	35.51	2018	up 6.8%	rising
87	Zambia	35.18	2015	up 4.8%	flat
88	Bangladesh	35.13	2016	up 1.0%	flat
89	Guatemala	34.98	2019	up 1.6%	rising
90	Rwanda	34.97	2021	up 1.5%	rising
91	Jordan	34.57	2016	up 7.7%	rising
92	Nepal	34.54	2014	up 3.2%	rising
93	Tanzania	34.3	2020	down 0.1%	rising
94	Mozambique	34.14	2014	up 3.7%	flat
95	Senegal	34.08	2018	down 0.2%	flat
96	Madagascar	34.02	2012	up 2.5%	flat
97	Pakistan	33.65	2020	up 1.0%	flat
98	Togo	33.64	2018	up 0.9%	rising
99	Belize	33.57	1999	up 3.6%	flat
100	Cambodia	33.56	2012	up 1.7%	flat
101	Malawi	32.89	2019	up 1.2%	falling
102	Uganda	32.87	2016	up 4.1%	flat
103	Ethiopia	32.36	2021	down 0.1%	flat
104	Guinea	32.2	2018	down 5.9%	flat
105	Niger	29.5	2018	down 10.6%	flat

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 39.27

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers, aged 15-64, female
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 107 places, 1,513 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026