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

Countries reporting

104

Highest

60.01

Malta

Lowest

21.07

Kazakhstan

Median

40.59

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,453

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 60.01 in Malta; the lowest is 21.07 in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.59, and the mean is 41.6.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 37.8%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 47.2%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Malta	60.01	2016	up 12.2%	rising
2	South Korea	57.99	2017	up 5.8%	rising
3	United Kingdom	52.25	2016	—	rising
4	Denmark	51.99	2016	up 16.2%	rising
5	Ireland	51.92	2016	up 2.4%	rising
6	Austria	51.51	2003	up 37.8%	rising
7	Greece	50.73	2016	up 7.7%	rising
8	Italy	50.7	2016	up 5.5%	rising
9	Cyprus	49.94	2016	up 3.3%	flat
10	Sri Lanka	49.9	2019	up 9.6%	rising
11	Slovenia	49.78	2013	up 19.3%	rising
12	France	49.76	2016	down 1.7%	flat
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.14	2019	up 9.9%	rising
14	Jamaica	49.04	2002	up 10.1%	rising
15	Portugal	48.99	2016	up 12.3%	rising
16	Spain	48.79	2016	up 7.2%	rising
17	Croatia	48.02	2016	down 5.6%	flat
18	Sweden	47.4	2016	down 15.5%	falling
19	Serbia	47.11	2018	up 2.8%	rising
20	Puerto Rico	46.8	2005	up 18.7%	rising
21	Peru	46.69	2021	up 7.6%	rising
22	Chile	46.48	2017	up 8.5%	rising
23	Hungary	46.48	2016	up 12.2%	rising
24	Bolivia	46.41	2021	up 13.6%	rising
25	Uruguay	46.14	2021	up 6.1%	flat
26	Poland	45.94	2019	up 0.7%	rising
27	North Macedonia	45.73	2020	up 7.1%	rising
28	Netherlands	45.7	2016	up 0.8%	rising
29	Argentina	45.49	2021	up 0.1%	flat
30	Ecuador	45.48	2021	up 5.8%	rising
31	Mauritius	45.46	2017	up 9.5%	rising
32	Panama	45.46	2021	up 8.7%	rising
33	Trinidad and Tobago	45.46	2011	up 10.0%	rising
34	Turkey	45.27	2019	up 18.3%	rising
35	Luxembourg	44.96	2016	up 9.4%	rising
36	Costa Rica	44.96	2021	up 12.4%	rising
37	Belgium	44.85	2003	up 19.8%	rising
38	Thailand	44.71	2021	up 8.2%	rising
39	Iceland	44.4	2015	down 12.0%	flat
40	Paraguay	44.29	2021	up 10.2%	rising
41	United States	43.8	2018	up 4.3%	falling
42	Romania	43.64	2018	down 1.0%	falling
43	Brazil	43.62	2021	up 12.7%	rising
44	Montenegro	43.34	2010	up 2.1%	rising
45	Albania	43.11	2019	up 12.1%	rising
46	Czechia	43	2016	up 10.3%	rising
47	Indonesia	41.84	2019	up 9.2%	rising
48	China	41.82	2013	down 2.4%	flat
49	Germany	41.76	2011	up 0.7%	flat
50	Colombia	41.64	2021	up 5.3%	rising
51	Dominican Republic	40.83	2013	up 6.3%	rising
52	South Africa	40.6	2020	up 3.4%	falling
53	Mongolia	40.58	2021	up 26.6%	rising
54	Palestine	40.54	2017	up 14.8%	rising
55	India	40.29	2019	up 8.5%	rising
56	Georgia	40.19	2020	down 4.8%	falling
57	Philippines	39.87	2019	up 4.9%	flat
58	Venezuela	39.81	2006	up 6.3%	rising
59	Morocco	39.8	2013	up 10.8%	rising
60	El Salvador	39.77	2019	up 8.1%	rising
61	Tunisia	39.58	2015	up 0.9%	rising
62	Namibia	39.48	2015	up 5.0%	rising
63	Mexico	39.29	2020	up 6.7%	rising
64	Ukraine	39.2	2012	down 11.9%	falling
65	Armenia	39.01	2020	down 5.9%	flat
66	Belarus	38.84	2010	down 30.3%	falling
67	Honduras	38.71	2019	up 8.2%	rising
68	Nigeria	38.64	2018	up 0.4%	flat
69	Egypt	38.29	2019	down 2.2%	rising
70	Gambia	38.08	2020	up 9.1%	rising
71	Nepal	38.07	2014	up 6.7%	rising
72	Guatemala	38	2019	up 6.0%	rising
73	Bulgaria	37.99	2016	down 6.6%	flat
74	Ghana	37.89	2016	up 6.4%	flat
75	Laos	37.7	2018	up 6.3%	rising
76	Togo	37.47	2018	up 10.9%	rising
77	Nicaragua	37.39	2014	up 1.8%	rising
78	Senegal	37.18	2018	up 11.9%	rising
79	Bangladesh	37.01	2016	up 4.8%	flat
80	Lithuania	36.8	2016	down 15.0%	falling
81	Kenya	36.76	2019	up 5.0%	flat
82	Zambia	36.26	2015	up 5.4%	flat
83	Cambodia	36.11	2012	up 9.2%	rising
84	Jordan	35.98	2016	down 2.8%	flat
85	Slovakia	35.77	2016	down 21.1%	rising
86	Kyrgyzstan	35.36	2020	up 13.8%	falling
87	Mozambique	35.29	2014	up 2.0%	rising
88	Rwanda	35.25	2021	up 3.4%	rising
89	Belize	35.15	1999	up 3.2%	flat
90	Uganda	35.05	2016	up 9.6%	rising
91	Tanzania	35.01	2020	up 1.6%	rising
92	Pakistan	34.38	2020	up 1.1%	flat
93	Latvia	34.31	2016	up 4.1%	falling
94	Madagascar	34.25	2012	up 0.8%	flat
95	Russia	34	2016	down 17.9%	falling
96	Norway	33.91	2016	down 30.1%	falling
97	Estonia	33.58	2016	up 20.0%	falling
98	Moldova	33.07	2021	down 19.5%	falling
99	Guinea	33.03	2018	down 5.9%	falling
100	Tajikistan	32.16	2013	up 4.5%	falling
101	Niger	31.8	2018	down 5.6%	flat
102	Malawi	31.75	2019	down 5.1%	falling
103	Ethiopia	29.94	2021	down 10.1%	falling
104	Kazakhstan	21.07	2018	down 47.2%	falling

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 37.89

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 1,453 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026