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

Countries reporting

Highest

44.38

Italy

Lowest

32.83

Uganda

Median

39.55

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,326

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 44.38 in Italy; the lowest is 32.83 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.55, and the mean is 39.16.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 11.8%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 3.6%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Italy	44.38	2016	up 8.8%	rising
2	Norway	43.79	2016	up 3.4%	flat
3	Spain	43.08	2016	up 8.3%	rising
4	Hungary	43.02	2016	up 7.5%	rising
5	Denmark	42.98	2016	up 1.8%	rising
6	Bulgaria	42.86	2016	up 6.4%	rising
7	Iceland	42.83	2015	up 6.8%	rising
8	South Korea	42.71	2017	up 5.9%	rising
9	Finland	42.55	2016	up 3.1%	rising
10	Georgia	42.55	2020	down 0.2%	flat
11	Germany	42.5	2011	up 7.0%	rising
12	Portugal	42.39	2016	up 6.3%	rising
13	Latvia	42.38	2016	up 4.6%	rising
14	Greece	42.37	2016	up 5.2%	rising
15	Lithuania	42.31	2016	up 5.1%	rising
16	Sweden	42.27	2016	up 1.1%	flat
17	Moldova	42.22	2021	down 1.2%	rising
18	Czechia	42.2	2016	up 3.4%	rising
19	Serbia	42.17	2018	up 0.6%	flat
20	Armenia	42.11	2020	up 2.2%	flat
21	Estonia	41.93	2016	up 1.4%	flat
22	Croatia	41.88	2016	down 1.2%	flat
23	France	41.79	2016	up 3.3%	flat
24	North Macedonia	41.71	2020	up 1.3%	flat
25	Slovakia	41.67	2016	up 3.5%	flat
26	Romania	41.38	2018	up 4.1%	rising
27	Luxembourg	41.13	2016	up 2.9%	rising
28	Thailand	41.11	2021	up 4.1%	rising
29	Poland	41	2019	up 4.5%	flat
30	Kyrgyzstan	41	2020	up 4.4%	flat
31	Kazakhstan	40.99	2017	up 2.7%	flat
32	Panama	40.95	2021	up 7.3%	rising
33	Sri Lanka	40.89	2019	up 3.2%	rising
34	Russia	40.82	2016	up 0.4%	flat
35	Belarus	40.82	2010	up 2.3%	flat
36	Cyprus	40.67	2016	up 1.1%	flat
37	Chile	40.63	2017	up 4.7%	rising
38	United Kingdom	40.57	2016	down 0.1%	rising
39	Tunisia	40.55	2015	up 6.2%	rising
40	Ukraine	40.44	2014	down 0.5%	flat
41	Ireland	40.42	2016	up 5.1%	rising
42	Uruguay	40.39	2021	up 3.6%	flat
43	United States	40.27	2018	down 0.1%	rising
44	Costa Rica	39.94	2021	up 6.0%	rising
45	Argentina	39.93	2021	up 3.2%	flat
46	South Africa	39.82	2020	up 4.5%	rising
47	Malta	39.78	2016	up 4.4%	flat
48	Morocco	39.32	2013	up 6.0%	rising
49	China	39.13	2013	down 1.9%	flat
50	Belgium	39.1	2003	up 4.9%	rising
51	Mongolia	39.02	2021	up 4.5%	rising
52	Peru	38.87	2021	up 4.0%	rising
53	Ecuador	38.86	2021	up 0.6%	rising
54	Indonesia	38.43	2019	up 5.7%	rising
55	Austria	38.4	2003	up 4.5%	flat
56	Mexico	38.39	2020	up 4.2%	rising
57	El Salvador	38.35	2019	up 4.9%	rising
58	Brazil	38.34	2021	up 4.1%	rising
59	Colombia	38.33	2021	up 2.7%	rising
60	India	38.29	2019	up 5.5%	rising
61	Netherlands	38.21	2004	up 5.3%	flat
62	Egypt	37.99	2019	down 0.6%	flat
63	Bolivia	37.83	2021	up 4.1%	rising
64	Laos	37.54	2018	up 7.2%	rising
65	Philippines	37.44	2019	up 2.8%	flat
66	Dominican Republic	37.26	2013	up 4.6%	rising
67	Nigeria	37.03	2018	down 3.6%	flat
68	Venezuela	36.98	2002	up 3.5%	flat
69	Tajikistan	36.98	2013	up 0.6%	flat
70	Honduras	36.68	2019	up 4.1%	rising
71	Jamaica	36.66	2002	up 5.7%	rising
72	Paraguay	36.59	2021	up 0.4%	rising
73	Ghana	36.56	2016	down 0.6%	flat
74	Zambia	36.38	2015	up 4.9%	flat
75	Gambia	36.16	2020	up 4.3%	flat
76	Nicaragua	36.15	2014	up 4.4%	rising
77	Guatemala	36.13	2019	up 3.3%	rising
78	Namibia	36.01	2015	up 1.6%	flat
79	Cambodia	35.91	2012	up 4.2%	flat
80	Bangladesh	35.77	2016	up 1.1%	flat
81	Turkey	35.75	2013	up 11.8%	rising
82	Madagascar	35.6	2012	down 0.4%	flat
83	Jordan	35.56	2016	up 3.5%	rising
84	Palestine	35.55	2017	up 1.8%	rising
85	Nepal	35.49	2014	up 1.4%	rising
86	Mozambique	35.19	2014	up 3.3%	flat
87	Tanzania	35.14	2020	up 1.7%	flat
88	Pakistan	34.87	2020	up 1.5%	flat
89	Belize	34.72	1999	up 4.9%	flat
90	Rwanda	34.51	2021	up 5.0%	rising
91	Senegal	34.14	2018	up 1.2%	flat
92	Malawi	33.66	2019	up 2.7%	flat
93	Ethiopia	33.21	2021	up 2.8%	flat
94	Uganda	32.83	2016	up 3.8%	flat

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 41.81

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers, aged 15-64, urban
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 96 places, 1,326 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026