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

Countries reporting
108
Highest
44.24
Italy
Lowest
32.29
Malawi
Median
39.98
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,528

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 44.24 in Italy; the lowest is 32.29 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.98, and the mean is 39.12.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 14.5%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 5.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 44.24 2016 up 7.9% rising
2 Moldova 44.02 2021 up 5.1% rising
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.66 2019 up 7.0% rising
4 South Korea 43.61 2017 up 5.1% rising
5 Denmark 43.48 2016 up 2.6% rising
6 Greece 43.29 2016 up 5.3% rising
7 Spain 43.24 2016 up 7.5% rising
8 Netherlands 43.14 2016 up 4.5% rising
9 Finland 42.91 2016 up 2.4% rising
10 Hungary 42.77 2016 up 8.6% rising
11 Iceland 42.65 2015 up 5.0% rising
12 Portugal 42.64 2016 up 6.1% rising
13 Norway 42.63 2016 up 0.8% flat
14 Sweden 42.52 2016 up 0.5% flat
15 Georgia 42.49 2020 up 2.3% rising
16 Germany 42.44 2011 up 6.2% rising
17 Ireland 42.35 2016 up 6.4% rising
18 Montenegro 42.31 2010 up 5.5% rising
19 Bulgaria 42.28 2016 up 4.4% rising
20 Serbia 42.25 2018 down 0.0% flat
21 Czechia 42.22 2016 up 4.1% rising
22 Slovenia 42.14 2016 up 3.3% rising
23 Lithuania 41.95 2016 up 4.6% rising
24 Armenia 41.84 2020 up 3.8% flat
25 Albania 41.75 2019 up 5.1% rising
26 North Macedonia 41.72 2020 up 1.9% flat
27 Sri Lanka 41.71 2019 up 4.0% rising
28 France 41.65 2016 up 3.5% flat
29 Croatia 41.65 2016 down 1.7% flat
30 Estonia 41.49 2016 up 3.6% flat
31 Romania 41.49 2018 up 6.0% rising
32 Cyprus 41.44 2016 up 1.0% flat
33 Latvia 41.42 2016 up 6.0% rising
34 Thailand 41.24 2021 up 5.9% rising
35 Slovakia 41.16 2016 up 2.8% rising
36 Poland 41.16 2019 up 4.3% flat
37 Luxembourg 41.03 2016 up 0.6% rising
38 Chile 41.03 2017 up 5.1% rising
39 Malta 40.93 2016 up 3.2% flat
40 Tunisia 40.91 2015 up 5.2% rising
41 United Kingdom 40.9 2016 down 0.2% rising
42 Mauritius 40.87 2017 up 4.8% rising
43 Belarus 40.76 2010 up 1.6% flat
44 Kosovo 40.61 2017 up 3.7% rising
44 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.61 2017 up 3.7% rising
46 United States 40.47 2018 down 0.1% rising
47 Kazakhstan 40.44 2018 up 3.8% rising
48 Ukraine 40.35 2014 up 0.1% flat
49 Djibouti 40.24 2017 up 9.0% rising
50 Uruguay 40.24 2021 up 3.4% flat
51 Russia 40.21 2016 down 0.3% flat
52 China 40.21 2013 up 1.6% flat
53 Costa Rica 40.13 2021 up 6.7% rising
54 Argentina 39.98 2021 up 4.2% flat
55 Panama 39.98 2021 up 5.1% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 39.67 2020 up 5.7% flat
57 Belgium 39.6 2003 up 4.0% flat
58 South Africa 39.45 2020 up 4.4% flat
59 Puerto Rico 39.22 2005 up 14.5% flat
60 Indonesia 38.84 2019 up 4.9% rising
61 Peru 38.57 2021 up 4.4% rising
62 Morocco 38.56 2013 up 6.3% rising
63 India 38.44 2019 up 5.5% rising
64 Mongolia 38.42 2021 up 4.9% rising
65 Brazil 38.3 2021 up 3.5% rising
66 Austria 38.28 2003 up 3.7% flat
67 Trinidad and Tobago 38.26 2011 up 4.4% rising
68 Colombia 38.21 2021 up 3.1% rising
69 Turkey 38.14 2019 up 11.0% rising
70 Mexico 38.09 2020 up 4.2% rising
71 Bolivia 38.08 2021 up 5.1% rising
72 Ecuador 37.59 2021 down 2.3% rising
73 Philippines 37.4 2019 up 3.6% flat
74 Bangladesh 37.23 2016 up 4.1% flat
75 Dominican Republic 37.12 2013 up 2.5% rising
76 Egypt 37.02 2019 up 0.2% rising
77 Jamaica 36.96 2002 up 6.8% rising
78 Laos 36.83 2018 up 5.1% rising
79 El Salvador 36.8 2019 up 4.6% rising
80 Guinea 36.77 2018 up 3.9% flat
81 Kenya 36.64 2019 up 5.4% flat
82 Gambia 36.35 2020 up 5.3% flat
83 Venezuela 36.3 2006 up 4.4% flat
84 Paraguay 36.27 2021 down 0.1% rising
85 Senegal 36.26 2018 up 8.6% rising
86 Nepal 36.05 2014 up 2.8% rising
87 Ghana 35.88 2016 down 1.2% flat
88 Zambia 35.82 2015 up 4.7% flat
89 Namibia 35.8 2015 up 4.0% flat
90 Nigeria 35.66 2018 down 5.5% flat
91 Tajikistan 35.59 2013 up 2.8% flat
92 Jordan 35.57 2016 up 3.1% rising
93 Palestine 35.27 2017 up 2.4% rising
94 Honduras 35.27 2019 up 4.5% flat
95 Pakistan 34.64 2020 up 0.8% flat
96 Rwanda 34.6 2021 up 3.0% rising
97 Guatemala 34.58 2019 up 2.1% flat
98 Madagascar 34.57 2012 up 1.0% flat
99 Tanzania 34.48 2020 up 0.4% flat
100 Mozambique 34.38 2014 down 2.4% flat
101 Belize 34.28 1999 up 4.0% flat
102 Nicaragua 34.05 2014 up 2.8% flat
103 Ethiopia 33.99 2021 up 1.8% flat
104 Togo 33.79 2018 down 0.4% flat
105 Cambodia 33.76 2012 up 1.6% flat
106 Niger 33.14 2018 down 3.2% flat
107 Uganda 32.52 2016 up 2.0% falling
108 Malawi 32.29 2019 down 2.2% falling

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Indicator
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, male
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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