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Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female by country

Countries reporting
91
Highest
45.74
Estonia
Lowest
28.54
Cambodia
Median
38.75
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,274

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 45.74 in Estonia; the lowest is 28.54 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 38.75, and the mean is 38.84.

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

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 23.2%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 7.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Estonia 45.74 2016 up 7.0% rising
2 Armenia 45.69 2020 up 5.5% rising
3 Latvia 45.48 2016 up 6.4% rising
4 Denmark 44.92 2016 up 7.1% rising
5 Cyprus 44.75 2016 up 11.5% flat
6 Netherlands 44.42 2016 up 12.1% rising
7 Norway 44.15 2016 up 6.1% rising
8 Bulgaria 44.05 2016 up 9.8% rising
9 Hungary 44.04 2016 up 9.8% rising
10 Lithuania 43.99 2016 up 6.6% rising
11 Georgia 43.96 2013 down 1.5% flat
12 Finland 43.75 2016 up 0.5% rising
13 Sweden 43.59 2016 up 2.1% flat
14 Slovenia 43.23 2016 up 5.9% rising
15 Korea 43.14 2017 up 8.8% rising
16 Luxembourg 43.06 2016 up 8.1% rising
17 Republic of Moldova 43.03 2021 up 7.3% rising
18 Greece 43.03 2016 up 8.8% rising
19 Italy 42.87 2016 up 11.5% rising
20 United States of America 42.71 2018 down 1.1% rising
21 Croatia 42.58 2016 up 1.8% flat
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 42.36 2016 up 3.2% rising
23 Romania 42.35 2016 up 14.2% rising
24 Czechia 42.3 2016 up 2.3% rising
25 Kazakhstan 42.11 2017 up 2.9% flat
26 Germany 42.02 2011 up 6.2% rising
27 Spain 42 2016 up 14.0% rising
28 Portugal 41.92 2016 up 10.9% rising
29 Ukraine 41.91 2013 down 0.9% flat
30 Ireland 41.46 2016 up 9.9% rising
31 Slovakia 41.25 2016 up 5.6% rising
32 Iceland 41.2 2013 up 1.9% flat
33 Poland 41.09 2019 up 1.3% rising
34 Chile 40.72 2017 up 6.1% rising
35 France 40.57 2016 up 0.7% flat
36 Panama 40.27 2021 up 5.3% rising
37 Uruguay 40.05 2021 up 1.7% flat
38 Mauritius 40.04 2012 up 12.0% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 40.01 2020 up 0.4% flat
40 Argentina 39.75 2021 up 3.4% flat
41 South Africa 39.48 2020 up 3.7% rising
42 Thailand 39.09 2021 up 6.2% rising
43 Albania 38.98 2019 up 7.8% rising
44 Kosovo 38.95 2017 up 8.1% rising
45 Sri Lanka 38.94 2019 up 5.8% rising
46 Costa Rica 38.75 2021 up 8.5% rising
47 Ecuador 38.69 2021 up 3.2% rising
48 Palestine, State of 38.28 2017 up 9.1% rising
49 Puerto Rico 38.14 2005 up 14.6% rising
50 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 38.08 2021 up 8.3% rising
51 Colombia 38.06 2021 up 0.7% rising
52 Mongolia 37.91 2016 up 5.1% rising
53 Malta 37.9 2016 up 23.2% rising
54 Zambia 37.74 2015 up 9.3% rising
55 Brazil 37.51 2021 up 3.9% rising
56 Belgium 37.51 2003 up 8.9% rising
57 Peru 37.43 2021 up 2.5% rising
58 Mexico 37.21 2020 up 5.1% rising
59 El Salvador 37.2 2017 up 3.4% rising
60 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 37.08 2006 up 9.4% rising
61 Indonesia 36.86 2019 up 11.5% rising
62 India 36.81 2019 up 6.8% rising
63 China (People’s Republic of) 36.8 2013 up 7.3% rising
64 Paraguay 36.62 2017 down 2.6% flat
65 Philippines 36.45 2019 up 2.7% rising
66 Austria 36.44 2003 up 4.6% flat
67 Honduras 36.17 2017 up 5.1% rising
68 Türkiye 35.78 2019 up 22.2% rising
69 Madagascar 35.7 2012 up 4.9% flat
70 Belize 35.64 1999 up 18.7% rising
71 Dominican Republic 35.38 2013 up 8.2% rising
72 Namibia 35.34 2015 up 1.2% flat
73 Jamaica 35.2 2002 up 3.5% flat
74 Nicaragua 35.09 2014 up 2.3% flat
75 Tunisia 35.08 2015 up 13.8% rising
76 Gambia 35.05 2020 up 18.5% rising
77 Ghana 34.39 2016 down 0.8% flat
78 Mozambique 34.03 2014 down 2.3% flat
79 Jordan 34 2016 up 11.1% rising
80 Malawi 33.89 2016 down 7.7% flat
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 33.83 2020 up 3.1% rising
82 Uganda 33.78 2016 up 2.5% flat
83 Rwanda 33.34 2021 up 19.6% rising
84 Guatemala 33.29 2011 up 6.8% rising
85 Nigeria 33.2 2018 down 0.7% flat
86 Egypt 32.76 2019 up 0.9% flat
87 Nepal 32.48 2014 down 1.6% flat
88 Ethiopia 31.85 2021 down 2.6% flat
89 Pakistan 31.13 2020 up 8.5% rising
90 Bangladesh 30.66 2016 up 1.6% flat
91 Cambodia 28.54 2012 up 4.2% falling

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, female
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,274 data points, 1970–2021
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