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

Countries reporting

108

Highest

44.3

Italy

Lowest

31.51

Niger

Median

39.79

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,618

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 44.3 in Italy; the lowest is 31.51 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.79, and the mean is 39.12.

Over the past decade 100 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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	Tunisia	40.24	2015	up 6.1%	rising
51	Mauritius	40.17	2017	up 4.0%	rising
52	Costa Rica	39.93	2021	up 6.6%	rising
53	Argentina	39.93	2021	up 3.4%	rising
54	South Africa	39.8	2020	up 4.6%	rising
55	Malta	39.78	2016	up 4.4%	flat
56	China	39.74	2013	up 2.7%	flat
57	Mongolia	39.21	2021	up 5.6%	rising
58	Puerto Rico	39.13	2005	up 15.5%	rising
59	Australia	39.09	2015	up 3.4%	flat
60	Indonesia	38.91	2019	up 5.0%	rising
61	Peru	38.8	2021	up 4.7%	rising
62	India	38.68	2019	up 5.9%	rising
63	Ecuador	38.34	2021	down 0.8%	rising
64	Brazil	38.34	2021	up 3.7%	rising
65	Morocco	38.27	2013	up 6.0%	rising
66	Mexico	38.2	2020	up 4.4%	rising
67	Colombia	38.19	2021	up 2.6%	rising
68	Azerbaijan	38.19	2015	up 3.4%	rising
69	Bolivia	38.18	2021	up 4.7%	rising
70	Trinidad and Tobago	38.01	2011	up 4.8%	rising
71	Turkey	37.9	2019	up 11.1%	rising
72	Philippines	37.78	2019	up 3.5%	flat
73	Dominican Republic	37.5	2013	up 4.1%	rising
74	El Salvador	37.41	2019	up 4.8%	rising
75	Jamaica	37.31	2002	up 5.1%	rising
76	Egypt	37.26	2019	up 0.3%	rising
77	Kenya	36.76	2019	up 5.5%	flat
78	Bangladesh	36.69	2016	up 3.3%	rising
79	Paraguay	36.68	2021	up 0.8%	rising
80	Venezuela	36.58	2006	up 4.8%	rising
81	Laos	36.21	2018	up 6.0%	rising
82	Gambia	36.15	2020	up 6.1%	flat
83	Ghana	36.06	2016	down 0.4%	flat
84	Namibia	36.05	2015	up 5.6%	rising
85	Tajikistan	36.04	2013	up 6.1%	rising
86	Honduras	35.87	2019	up 4.1%	rising
87	Nigeria	35.68	2018	down 3.8%	flat
88	Zambia	35.53	2015	up 4.8%	flat
89	Palestine	35.49	2017	up 1.9%	rising
90	Jordan	35.42	2016	up 3.8%	rising
91	Nepal	35.23	2014	up 2.8%	rising
92	Senegal	34.95	2018	up 3.8%	flat
93	Nicaragua	34.94	2014	up 3.1%	rising
94	Rwanda	34.76	2021	up 2.0%	rising
95	Guatemala	34.72	2019	up 1.9%	flat
96	Guinea	34.54	2018	down 0.5%	flat
97	Pakistan	34.41	2020	up 0.8%	flat
98	Tanzania	34.4	2020	up 0.2%	flat
99	Madagascar	34.29	2012	up 1.6%	flat
100	Mozambique	34.26	2014	up 0.9%	flat
101	Belize	34.05	1999	up 3.9%	flat
102	Togo	33.71	2018	up 0.2%	flat
103	Cambodia	33.67	2012	up 1.7%	flat
104	Ethiopia	33.29	2021	up 1.1%	flat
105	Burkina Faso	33.05	2009	up 1.5%	flat
106	Uganda	32.7	2016	up 3.1%	flat
107	Malawi	32.59	2019	down 0.5%	falling
108	Niger	31.51	2018	down 7.0%	flat

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 40.33

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers, aged 15-64, total
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 110 places, 1,618 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026