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

Countries reporting
91
Highest
44.54
Denmark
Lowest
30.83
Cambodia
Median
39.16
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,274

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 44.54 in Denmark; the lowest is 30.83 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.16, and the mean is 38.77.

Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 16.9%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 9.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 44.54 2016 up 8.0% rising
2 Korea 44.2 2017 up 7.7% rising
3 Netherlands 44.2 2016 up 6.1% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 43.96 2021 up 8.1% rising
5 Italy 43.62 2016 up 10.0% rising
6 Spain 43.44 2016 up 11.6% rising
7 Greece 43.28 2016 up 6.8% rising
8 Iceland 43.25 2013 up 7.1% rising
9 Romania 43.22 2016 up 12.7% rising
10 Cyprus 43.08 2016 up 5.1% rising
11 Finland 42.84 2016 up 3.0% rising
12 Hungary 42.82 2016 up 10.3% rising
13 Bulgaria 42.8 2016 up 5.5% rising
14 Sweden 42.57 2016 up 1.8% flat
15 Norway 42.57 2016 up 3.8% rising
16 Georgia 42.43 2013 up 1.2% flat
17 Portugal 42.29 2016 up 7.3% rising
18 Luxembourg 42.28 2016 up 6.5% rising
19 Czechia 42.19 2016 up 4.2% rising
20 Croatia 42.17 2016 down 1.2% flat
21 Germany 42.11 2011 up 6.2% rising
22 Armenia 42.03 2020 up 3.5% flat
23 Latvia 41.93 2016 up 7.4% rising
24 Slovenia 41.87 2016 up 2.2% rising
25 Estonia 41.77 2016 up 5.5% rising
26 Ireland 41.75 2016 up 12.2% rising
27 United States 41.73 2018 down 0.6% rising
28 Lithuania 41.66 2016 up 5.3% rising
29 Albania 41.64 2019 up 5.0% rising
30 Slovak Republic 41.6 2016 up 3.9% rising
31 Chile 41.59 2017 up 7.6% rising
32 United Kingdom 41.5 2016 up 0.1% rising
33 Uruguay 41.38 2021 up 7.9% rising
34 Poland 40.72 2019 up 2.9% rising
35 Kazakhstan 40.64 2017 up 4.0% flat
36 Malta 40.57 2016 up 3.1% flat
37 France 40.37 2016 up 1.8% flat
38 Argentina 40.04 2021 up 5.4% rising
39 Panama 39.98 2021 up 8.1% rising
40 Mauritius 39.83 2012 up 11.3% rising
41 Tunisia 39.74 2015 up 6.0% rising
42 Costa Rica 39.59 2021 up 8.3% rising
43 South Africa 39.57 2020 up 4.6% flat
44 Sri Lanka 39.53 2019 up 4.8% rising
45 Puerto Rico 39.48 2005 up 16.9% rising
46 Ukraine 39.16 2013 down 5.9% flat
47 Kyrgyzstan 39.08 2020 up 1.7% falling
48 China (People’s Republic of) 38.9 2013 up 2.1% flat
49 Kosovo 38.8 2017 down 1.6% falling
50 Belgium 38.76 2003 up 3.5% flat
51 Thailand 38.65 2021 up 6.5% rising
52 Colombia 38.19 2021 up 4.3% rising
53 Peru 38.09 2021 up 4.9% rising
54 Brazil 37.96 2021 up 4.8% rising
55 Indonesia 37.72 2019 up 7.3% rising
56 Mexico 37.49 2020 up 5.6% rising
57 Austria 37.39 2003 up 3.9% flat
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.31 2021 up 6.5% rising
59 Ecuador 37.29 2021 up 0.8% rising
60 Nigeria 36.69 2018 down 4.5% flat
61 Türkiye 36.62 2019 up 13.7% rising
62 Philippines 36.37 2019 up 2.1% flat
63 Mongolia 36.31 2016 up 2.3% flat
64 India 36.24 2019 up 5.4% rising
65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 35.81 2006 up 5.2% rising
66 Zambia 35.77 2015 down 0.9% flat
67 Malawi 35.72 2016 down 0.6% flat
68 Dominican Republic 35.7 2013 up 4.1% rising
69 El Salvador 35.64 2017 up 3.4% rising
70 Jordan 35.51 2016 up 4.0% rising
71 Nepal 35.48 2014 up 4.1% rising
72 Madagascar 35.46 2012 up 5.3% flat
73 Jamaica 34.99 2002 up 8.5% rising
74 Paraguay 34.94 2017 down 9.9% flat
75 Namibia 34.86 2015 down 1.3% flat
76 Mozambique 34.67 2014 down 0.1% falling
77 Egypt 34.67 2019 up 0.3% flat
78 Ghana 34.62 2016 down 1.7% flat
79 Gambia 34.6 2020 up 6.1% falling
80 Honduras 34.19 2017 up 6.0% rising
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 34.11 2020 down 0.0% flat
82 Rwanda 33.96 2021 up 2.8% flat
83 Palestine, State of 33.64 2017 up 3.2% rising
84 Ethiopia 33.31 2021 up 3.3% flat
85 Nicaragua 33.13 2014 up 3.4% flat
86 Guatemala 33.11 2011 up 4.4% flat
87 Belize 33.1 1999 up 5.1% flat
88 Pakistan 32.93 2020 up 1.8% flat
89 Bangladesh 32.9 2016 up 1.1% flat
90 Uganda 32.63 2016 up 2.7% flat
91 Cambodia 30.83 2012 up 1.2% falling

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, male
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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