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

Countries reporting
107
Highest
60.01
Malta
Lowest
21.07
Kazakhstan
Median
40.58
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,467

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 60.01 in Malta; the lowest is 21.07 in Kazakhstan.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.58, and the mean is 41.53.

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

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 25 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Djibouti 42.52 2017 up 21.6% rising
48 Indonesia 41.84 2019 up 9.2% rising
49 China 41.82 2013 down 2.4% flat
50 Germany 41.76 2011 up 0.7% flat
51 Colombia 41.64 2021 up 5.3% rising
52 Dominican Republic 40.83 2013 up 6.3% rising
53 South Africa 40.6 2020 up 3.4% falling
54 Mongolia 40.58 2021 up 26.6% rising
55 Palestine 40.54 2017 up 14.8% rising
56 India 40.29 2019 up 8.5% rising
57 Georgia 40.19 2020 down 4.8% falling
58 Philippines 39.87 2019 up 4.9% flat
59 Venezuela 39.81 2006 up 6.3% rising
60 Morocco 39.8 2013 up 10.8% rising
61 El Salvador 39.77 2019 up 8.1% rising
62 Tunisia 39.58 2015 up 0.9% rising
63 Namibia 39.48 2015 up 5.0% rising
64 Mexico 39.29 2020 up 6.7% rising
65 Ukraine 39.2 2012 down 11.9% falling
66 Armenia 39.01 2020 down 5.9% flat
67 Belarus 38.84 2010 down 30.3% falling
68 Honduras 38.71 2019 up 8.2% rising
69 Nigeria 38.64 2018 up 0.4% flat
70 Egypt 38.29 2019 down 2.2% rising
71 Gambia 38.08 2020 up 9.1% rising
72 Nepal 38.07 2014 up 6.7% rising
73 Guatemala 38 2019 up 6.0% rising
74 Bulgaria 37.99 2016 down 6.6% flat
75 Ghana 37.89 2016 up 6.4% flat
76 Kosovo 37.89 2017 down 1.0% rising
76 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 37.89 2017 down 1.0% rising
78 Laos 37.7 2018 up 6.3% rising
79 Togo 37.47 2018 up 10.9% rising
80 Nicaragua 37.39 2014 up 1.8% rising
81 Senegal 37.18 2018 up 11.9% rising
82 Bangladesh 37.01 2016 up 4.8% flat
83 Lithuania 36.8 2016 down 15.0% falling
84 Kenya 36.76 2019 up 5.0% flat
85 Zambia 36.26 2015 up 5.4% flat
86 Cambodia 36.11 2012 up 9.2% rising
87 Jordan 35.98 2016 down 2.8% flat
88 Slovakia 35.77 2016 down 21.1% rising
89 Kyrgyzstan 35.36 2020 up 13.8% falling
90 Mozambique 35.29 2014 up 2.0% rising
91 Rwanda 35.25 2021 up 3.4% rising
92 Belize 35.15 1999 up 3.2% flat
93 Uganda 35.05 2016 up 9.6% rising
94 Tanzania 35.01 2020 up 1.6% rising
95 Pakistan 34.38 2020 up 1.1% flat
96 Latvia 34.31 2016 up 4.1% falling
97 Madagascar 34.25 2012 up 0.8% flat
98 Russia 34 2016 down 17.9% falling
99 Norway 33.91 2016 down 30.1% falling
100 Estonia 33.58 2016 up 20.0% falling
101 Moldova 33.07 2021 down 19.5% falling
102 Guinea 33.03 2018 down 5.9% falling
103 Tajikistan 32.16 2013 up 4.5% falling
104 Niger 31.8 2018 down 5.6% flat
105 Malawi 31.75 2019 down 5.1% falling
106 Ethiopia 29.94 2021 down 10.1% falling
107 Kazakhstan 21.07 2018 down 47.2% falling

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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
107 places, 1,467 data points, 1970–2021
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