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

Countries reporting
97
Highest
44.38
Italy
Lowest
32.83
Uganda
Median
39.78
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,339

What the numbers show

Average age of workers, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 44.38 in Italy; the lowest is 32.83 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.78, and the mean is 39.23.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 14.9%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 3.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Kosovo 41.81 2017 up 5.7% rising
23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 41.81 2017 up 5.7% rising
25 France 41.79 2016 up 3.3% flat
26 North Macedonia 41.71 2020 up 1.3% flat
27 Slovakia 41.67 2016 up 3.5% flat
28 Romania 41.38 2018 up 4.1% rising
29 Luxembourg 41.13 2016 up 2.9% rising
30 Thailand 41.11 2021 up 4.1% rising
31 Poland 41 2019 up 4.5% flat
32 Kyrgyzstan 41 2020 up 4.4% flat
33 Kazakhstan 40.99 2017 up 2.7% flat
34 Panama 40.95 2021 up 7.3% rising
35 Sri Lanka 40.89 2019 up 3.2% rising
36 Russia 40.82 2016 up 0.4% flat
37 Belarus 40.82 2010 up 2.3% flat
38 Cyprus 40.67 2016 up 1.1% flat
39 Chile 40.63 2017 up 4.7% rising
40 United Kingdom 40.57 2016 down 0.1% rising
41 Tunisia 40.55 2015 up 6.2% rising
42 Ukraine 40.44 2014 down 0.5% flat
43 Ireland 40.42 2016 up 5.1% rising
44 Uruguay 40.39 2021 up 3.6% flat
45 United States 40.27 2018 down 0.1% rising
46 Costa Rica 39.94 2021 up 6.0% rising
47 Argentina 39.93 2021 up 3.2% flat
48 South Africa 39.82 2020 up 4.5% rising
49 Malta 39.78 2016 up 4.4% flat
50 Djibouti 39.74 2017 up 14.9% rising
51 Morocco 39.32 2013 up 6.0% rising
52 China 39.13 2013 down 1.9% flat
53 Belgium 39.1 2003 up 4.9% rising
54 Mongolia 39.02 2021 up 4.5% rising
55 Peru 38.87 2021 up 4.0% rising
56 Ecuador 38.86 2021 up 0.6% rising
57 Indonesia 38.43 2019 up 5.7% rising
58 Austria 38.4 2003 up 4.5% flat
59 Mexico 38.39 2020 up 4.2% rising
60 El Salvador 38.35 2019 up 4.9% rising
61 Brazil 38.34 2021 up 4.1% rising
62 Colombia 38.33 2021 up 2.7% rising
63 India 38.29 2019 up 5.5% rising
64 Netherlands 38.21 2004 up 5.3% flat
65 Egypt 37.99 2019 down 0.6% flat
66 Bolivia 37.83 2021 up 4.1% rising
67 Laos 37.54 2018 up 7.2% rising
68 Philippines 37.44 2019 up 2.8% flat
69 Dominican Republic 37.26 2013 up 4.6% rising
70 Nigeria 37.03 2018 down 3.6% flat
71 Venezuela 36.98 2002 up 3.5% flat
72 Tajikistan 36.98 2013 up 0.6% flat
73 Honduras 36.68 2019 up 4.1% rising
74 Jamaica 36.66 2002 up 5.7% rising
75 Paraguay 36.59 2021 up 0.4% rising
76 Ghana 36.56 2016 down 0.6% flat
77 Zambia 36.38 2015 up 4.9% flat
78 Gambia 36.16 2020 up 4.3% flat
79 Nicaragua 36.15 2014 up 4.4% rising
80 Guatemala 36.13 2019 up 3.3% rising
81 Namibia 36.01 2015 up 1.6% flat
82 Cambodia 35.91 2012 up 4.2% flat
83 Bangladesh 35.77 2016 up 1.1% flat
84 Turkey 35.75 2013 up 11.8% rising
85 Madagascar 35.6 2012 down 0.4% flat
86 Jordan 35.56 2016 up 3.5% rising
87 Palestine 35.55 2017 up 1.8% rising
88 Nepal 35.49 2014 up 1.4% rising
89 Mozambique 35.19 2014 up 3.3% flat
90 Tanzania 35.14 2020 up 1.7% flat
91 Pakistan 34.87 2020 up 1.5% flat
92 Belize 34.72 1999 up 4.9% flat
93 Rwanda 34.51 2021 up 5.0% rising
94 Senegal 34.14 2018 up 1.2% flat
95 Malawi 33.66 2019 up 2.7% flat
96 Ethiopia 33.21 2021 up 2.8% flat
97 Uganda 32.83 2016 up 3.8% flat

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Indicator
Average age of workers, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
97 places, 1,339 data points, 1970–2021
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