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

Countries reporting
111
Highest
44.3
Italy
Lowest
31.51
Niger
Median
39.8
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,633

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 44.3 in Italy; the lowest is 31.51 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.8, and the mean is 39.14.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 15.5%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 7.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 44.3 2016 up 8.8% rising
2 Moldova 44.07 2021 up 4.6% rising
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.77 2019 up 6.7% rising
4 Denmark 43.7 2016 up 2.7% rising
5 Georgia 43.58 2020 up 2.1% flat
6 Finland 43.45 2016 up 2.6% rising
7 Hungary 43.27 2016 up 8.4% rising
8 South Korea 43.12 2017 up 5.4% rising
9 Iceland 43.1 2015 up 5.9% rising
10 Norway 43.02 2016 up 1.2% flat
11 Armenia 42.99 2020 up 3.8% rising
12 Spain 42.99 2016 up 8.4% rising
13 Greece 42.96 2016 up 5.6% rising
14 Lithuania 42.96 2016 up 5.7% rising
15 Bulgaria 42.94 2016 up 5.6% rising
16 Netherlands 42.91 2016 up 5.7% rising
17 Sweden 42.79 2016 up 0.9% flat
18 Estonia 42.58 2016 up 3.6% flat
19 Portugal 42.54 2016 up 5.9% rising
20 Germany 42.51 2011 up 7.2% rising
21 Latvia 42.51 2016 up 5.4% rising
22 Czechia 42.47 2016 up 3.8% rising
23 Serbia 42.42 2018 up 0.6% flat
24 Slovenia 42.36 2016 up 4.6% rising
25 Montenegro 42.27 2010 up 8.2% rising
26 Belgium 42.03 2016 up 4.6% rising
27 France 41.91 2016 up 3.4% flat
28 Croatia 41.74 2016 down 0.8% flat
29 Ireland 41.74 2016 up 6.2% rising
30 Austria 41.71 2016 up 4.9% rising
31 Sri Lanka 41.67 2019 up 3.9% rising
32 Slovakia 41.66 2016 up 4.1% rising
33 Albania 41.62 2019 up 6.9% rising
34 Thailand 41.6 2021 up 5.8% rising
35 Romania 41.47 2018 up 5.5% rising
36 North Macedonia 41.41 2020 up 1.9% flat
37 Poland 41.18 2019 up 4.5% flat
38 Belarus 41.05 2010 up 3.2% flat
39 Russia 41 2016 up 0.8% flat
40 Luxembourg 40.98 2016 up 1.8% rising
41 United Kingdom 40.89 2016 up 0.4% rising
42 Chile 40.79 2017 up 5.0% rising
43 Kazakhstan 40.78 2018 up 2.6% rising
44 Cyprus 40.75 2016 up 1.3% flat
45 Ukraine 40.71 2014 up 0.3% flat
46 Kyrgyzstan 40.67 2020 up 5.6% flat
47 Uruguay 40.46 2021 up 3.2% flat
48 United States 40.34 2018 down 0.4% rising
49 Panama 40.34 2021 up 5.8% rising
50 Kosovo 40.33 2017 up 3.3% rising
50 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.33 2017 up 3.3% rising
52 Tunisia 40.24 2015 up 6.1% rising
53 Mauritius 40.17 2017 up 4.0% rising
54 Costa Rica 39.93 2021 up 6.6% rising
55 Argentina 39.93 2021 up 3.4% rising
56 South Africa 39.8 2020 up 4.6% rising
57 Malta 39.78 2016 up 4.4% flat
58 China 39.74 2013 up 2.7% flat
59 Djibouti 39.65 2017 up 14.2% rising
60 Mongolia 39.21 2021 up 5.6% rising
61 Puerto Rico 39.13 2005 up 15.5% rising
62 Australia 39.09 2015 up 3.4% flat
63 Indonesia 38.91 2019 up 5.0% rising
64 Peru 38.8 2021 up 4.7% rising
65 India 38.68 2019 up 5.9% rising
66 Ecuador 38.34 2021 down 0.8% rising
67 Brazil 38.34 2021 up 3.7% rising
68 Morocco 38.27 2013 up 6.0% rising
69 Mexico 38.2 2020 up 4.4% rising
70 Colombia 38.19 2021 up 2.6% rising
71 Azerbaijan 38.19 2015 up 3.4% rising
72 Bolivia 38.18 2021 up 4.7% rising
73 Trinidad and Tobago 38.01 2011 up 4.8% rising
74 Turkey 37.9 2019 up 11.1% rising
75 Philippines 37.78 2019 up 3.5% flat
76 Dominican Republic 37.5 2013 up 4.1% rising
77 El Salvador 37.41 2019 up 4.8% rising
78 Jamaica 37.31 2002 up 5.1% rising
79 Egypt 37.26 2019 up 0.3% rising
80 Kenya 36.76 2019 up 5.5% flat
81 Bangladesh 36.69 2016 up 3.3% rising
82 Paraguay 36.68 2021 up 0.8% rising
83 Venezuela 36.58 2006 up 4.8% rising
84 Laos 36.21 2018 up 6.0% rising
85 Gambia 36.15 2020 up 6.1% flat
86 Ghana 36.06 2016 down 0.4% flat
87 Namibia 36.05 2015 up 5.6% rising
88 Tajikistan 36.04 2013 up 6.1% rising
89 Honduras 35.87 2019 up 4.1% rising
90 Nigeria 35.68 2018 down 3.8% flat
91 Zambia 35.53 2015 up 4.8% flat
92 Palestine 35.49 2017 up 1.9% rising
93 Jordan 35.42 2016 up 3.8% rising
94 Nepal 35.23 2014 up 2.8% rising
95 Senegal 34.95 2018 up 3.8% flat
96 Nicaragua 34.94 2014 up 3.1% rising
97 Rwanda 34.76 2021 up 2.0% rising
98 Guatemala 34.72 2019 up 1.9% flat
99 Guinea 34.54 2018 down 0.5% flat
100 Pakistan 34.41 2020 up 0.8% flat
101 Tanzania 34.4 2020 up 0.2% flat
102 Madagascar 34.29 2012 up 1.6% flat
103 Mozambique 34.26 2014 up 0.9% flat
104 Belize 34.05 1999 up 3.9% flat
105 Togo 33.71 2018 up 0.2% flat
106 Cambodia 33.67 2012 up 1.7% flat
107 Ethiopia 33.29 2021 up 1.1% flat
108 Burkina Faso 33.05 2009 up 1.5% flat
109 Uganda 32.7 2016 up 3.1% flat
110 Malawi 32.59 2019 down 0.5% falling
111 Niger 31.51 2018 down 7.0% flat

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Indicator
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
111 places, 1,633 data points, 1970–2021
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