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Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary education by country

Countries reporting
91
Highest
47.18
Sweden
Lowest
27.58
Cambodia
Median
37.95
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,213

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary education is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 47.18 in Sweden; the lowest is 27.58 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 37.95, and the mean is 38.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 27.1%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 21.5%).

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 47.18 2016 up 14.8% rising
2 Hungary 46.9 2016 up 19.6% rising
3 Croatia 46.5 2016 up 9.9% rising
4 Finland 46.47 2016 up 10.5% rising
5 Bulgaria 46.28 2016 up 14.5% rising
6 Netherlands 46.26 2016 up 13.1% rising
7 Latvia 46.01 2016 up 14.6% rising
8 Norway 45.9 2016 up 11.1% rising
9 Estonia 45.78 2016 up 12.3% rising
10 Slovakia 45.78 2016 up 15.1% rising
11 Romania 45.26 2016 up 19.1% rising
12 Slovenia 45.23 2016 up 11.8% rising
13 Cyprus 45.01 2016 up 16.6% rising
14 Lithuania 44.95 2016 up 12.2% rising
15 Greece 44.55 2016 up 16.2% rising
16 Denmark 43.72 2016 up 5.8% rising
17 Republic of Moldova 43.68 2021 up 3.0% rising
18 Luxembourg 43.58 2016 up 12.5% rising
19 Republic of Korea 43.55 2017 up 9.1% rising
20 Spain 43.52 2016 up 18.2% rising
21 Italy 43.15 2016 up 12.1% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 43.15 2016 up 4.2% flat
23 Armenia 43.08 2020 up 4.9% flat
24 Georgia 42.75 2013 down 2.7% flat
25 Iceland 42.7 2013 up 6.2% rising
26 Germany 42.1 2011 up 6.5% rising
27 Ireland 41.97 2016 up 15.5% rising
28 United States of America 41.89 2018 down 1.0% rising
29 Czechia 41.45 2016 up 1.8% rising
30 Malta 41.25 2016 up 12.5% rising
31 Kazakhstan 40.9 2017 up 3.6% flat
32 Albania 40.79 2019 up 27.1% rising
33 Portugal 40.7 2016 up 19.1% rising
34 Poland 40.65 2019 up 2.4% flat
35 Ukraine 40.01 2013 down 4.5% flat
36 Uruguay 39.71 2021 up 6.4% rising
37 France 39.44 2016 up 2.0% flat
38 Kyrgyzstan 39.31 2020 down 0.1% flat
39 Chile 39.18 2017 up 9.5% rising
40 Kosovo 39.02 2017 down 3.6% falling
41 South Africa 38.75 2020 up 6.2% rising
42 Panama 38.69 2021 up 8.0% rising
43 Puerto Rico 38.44 2005 up 15.8% rising
44 Argentina 38.43 2021 up 2.0% flat
45 Sri Lanka 38.24 2019 up 6.2% rising
46 Mauritius 37.95 2012 up 10.4% rising
47 Belgium 37.69 2003 up 3.5% flat
48 Tunisia 37.42 2015 up 12.6% rising
49 Austria 37.2 2003 up 2.9% flat
50 Costa Rica 37.07 2021 up 5.6% rising
51 Mongolia 36.86 2016 up 2.6% flat
52 Thailand 36.76 2021 up 10.0% rising
53 Peru 36.64 2021 up 5.0% rising
54 Colombia 36.26 2021 up 6.0% rising
55 Mexico 35.75 2020 up 1.7% flat
56 Zambia 35.68 2015 up 0.5% flat
57 Madagascar 35.64 2012 up 4.9% rising
58 Philippines 35.64 2019 up 3.7% rising
59 Brazil 35.41 2021 up 4.0% rising
60 Jordan 35.29 2016 up 6.7% rising
61 Malawi 35.26 2016 up 11.3% flat
62 China 35.02 2013 down 0.5% flat
63 Nigeria 34.98 2018 down 0.6% falling
64 Ecuador 34.79 2021 down 0.3% rising
65 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 34.61 2021 up 5.2% rising
66 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 34.44 2006 up 7.9% rising
67 India 34.41 2019 up 2.4% rising
68 Indonesia 34.18 2019 up 5.3% rising
69 Egypt 34.01 2019 up 4.6% flat
70 Ghana 33.83 2016 down 3.1% rising
71 Namibia 33.82 2015 up 0.3% flat
72 Jamaica 33.66 2002 up 13.2% rising
73 Pakistan 33.53 2020 down 3.2% flat
74 Dominican Republic 33.14 2013 up 4.1% rising
75 Türkiye 33.05 2019 up 14.1% rising
76 Gambia 33.01 2020 up 8.5% flat
77 Bangladesh 32.89 2016 down 3.3% flat
78 El Salvador 32.83 2017 up 1.3% rising
79 Palestine, State of 32.69 2017 up 0.4% rising
80 Uganda 32.56 2016 up 3.2% flat
81 Paraguay 32.15 2017 down 13.8% flat
82 Belize 32.06 1999 up 10.1% rising
83 Ethiopia 32.06 2021 up 5.7% flat
84 Nepal 31.05 2014 down 3.7% flat
85 Nicaragua 31.04 2014 up 2.1% flat
86 Rwanda 30.97 2021 up 1.0% falling
87 Honduras 30.92 2017 up 2.1% flat
88 Guatemala 30.71 2011 up 5.2% rising
89 Tanzania, United Republic of 30.48 2020 down 11.3% falling
90 Mozambique 29.27 2014 down 21.5% falling
91 Cambodia 27.58 2012 down 5.9% falling

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,213 data points, 1970–2021
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