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

Countries reporting

105

Highest

44.24

Italy

Lowest

32.29

Malawi

Median

39.67

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,513

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 44.24 in Italy; the lowest is 32.29 in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.67, and the mean is 39.08.

Over the past decade 92 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	United States	40.47	2018	down 0.1%	rising
45	Kazakhstan	40.44	2018	up 3.8%	rising
46	Ukraine	40.35	2014	up 0.1%	flat
47	Uruguay	40.24	2021	up 3.4%	flat
48	Russia	40.21	2016	down 0.3%	flat
49	China	40.21	2013	up 1.6%	flat
50	Costa Rica	40.13	2021	up 6.7%	rising
51	Argentina	39.98	2021	up 4.2%	flat
52	Panama	39.98	2021	up 5.1%	rising
53	Kyrgyzstan	39.67	2020	up 5.7%	flat
54	Belgium	39.6	2003	up 4.0%	flat
55	South Africa	39.45	2020	up 4.4%	flat
56	Puerto Rico	39.22	2005	up 14.5%	flat
57	Indonesia	38.84	2019	up 4.9%	rising
58	Peru	38.57	2021	up 4.4%	rising
59	Morocco	38.56	2013	up 6.3%	rising
60	India	38.44	2019	up 5.5%	rising
61	Mongolia	38.42	2021	up 4.9%	rising
62	Brazil	38.3	2021	up 3.5%	rising
63	Austria	38.28	2003	up 3.7%	flat
64	Trinidad and Tobago	38.26	2011	up 4.4%	rising
65	Colombia	38.21	2021	up 3.1%	rising
66	Turkey	38.14	2019	up 11.0%	rising
67	Mexico	38.09	2020	up 4.2%	rising
68	Bolivia	38.08	2021	up 5.1%	rising
69	Ecuador	37.59	2021	down 2.3%	rising
70	Philippines	37.4	2019	up 3.6%	flat
71	Bangladesh	37.23	2016	up 4.1%	flat
72	Dominican Republic	37.12	2013	up 2.5%	rising
73	Egypt	37.02	2019	up 0.2%	rising
74	Jamaica	36.96	2002	up 6.8%	rising
75	Laos	36.83	2018	up 5.1%	rising
76	El Salvador	36.8	2019	up 4.6%	rising
77	Guinea	36.77	2018	up 3.9%	flat
78	Kenya	36.64	2019	up 5.4%	flat
79	Gambia	36.35	2020	up 5.3%	flat
80	Venezuela	36.3	2006	up 4.4%	flat
81	Paraguay	36.27	2021	down 0.1%	rising
82	Senegal	36.26	2018	up 8.6%	rising
83	Nepal	36.05	2014	up 2.8%	rising
84	Ghana	35.88	2016	down 1.2%	flat
85	Zambia	35.82	2015	up 4.7%	flat
86	Namibia	35.8	2015	up 4.0%	flat
87	Nigeria	35.66	2018	down 5.5%	flat
88	Tajikistan	35.59	2013	up 2.8%	flat
89	Jordan	35.57	2016	up 3.1%	rising
90	Palestine	35.27	2017	up 2.4%	rising
91	Honduras	35.27	2019	up 4.5%	flat
92	Pakistan	34.64	2020	up 0.8%	flat
93	Rwanda	34.6	2021	up 3.0%	rising
94	Guatemala	34.58	2019	up 2.1%	flat
95	Madagascar	34.57	2012	up 1.0%	flat
96	Tanzania	34.48	2020	up 0.4%	flat
97	Mozambique	34.38	2014	down 2.4%	flat
98	Belize	34.28	1999	up 4.0%	flat
99	Nicaragua	34.05	2014	up 2.8%	flat
100	Ethiopia	33.99	2021	up 1.8%	flat
101	Togo	33.79	2018	down 0.4%	flat
102	Cambodia	33.76	2012	up 1.6%	flat
103	Niger	33.14	2018	down 3.2%	flat
104	Uganda	32.52	2016	up 2.0%	falling
105	Malawi	32.29	2019	down 2.2%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

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About this data

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