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

Countries reporting
94
Highest
44.63
Denmark
Lowest
29.72
Cambodia
Median
39.32
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 44.63 in Denmark; the lowest is 29.72 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.32, and the mean is 38.79.

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

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 16.5%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 4.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 44.63 2016 up 7.8% rising
2 Netherlands 44.23 2016 up 7.1% rising
3 South Korea 43.95 2017 up 8.0% rising
4 Moldova 43.68 2021 up 7.9% rising
5 Italy 43.46 2016 up 10.4% rising
6 Cyprus 43.39 2016 up 6.2% rising
7 Bulgaria 43.25 2016 up 7.1% rising
8 Greece 43.23 2016 up 7.1% rising
9 Hungary 43.18 2016 up 10.1% rising
10 Spain 43.13 2016 up 12.0% rising
11 Armenia 43.04 2020 up 4.9% rising
12 Finland 43.02 2016 up 2.3% rising
13 Romania 42.96 2016 up 13.3% rising
14 Estonia 42.89 2016 up 5.6% rising
15 Norway 42.86 2016 up 4.2% rising
16 Iceland 42.84 2013 up 6.1% rising
17 Latvia 42.83 2016 up 6.9% rising
18 Georgia 42.76 2013 up 0.7% flat
19 Sweden 42.76 2016 up 1.8% flat
20 Luxembourg 42.38 2016 up 6.8% rising
21 Lithuania 42.36 2016 up 5.5% rising
22 Croatia 42.28 2016 down 0.3% flat
23 Slovenia 42.23 2016 up 3.2% rising
24 Czechia 42.23 2016 up 3.7% rising
25 Portugal 42.17 2016 up 8.3% rising
26 Germany 42.09 2011 up 6.2% rising
27 United States 41.94 2018 down 0.7% rising
28 Ireland 41.68 2016 up 11.7% rising
29 United Kingdom 41.65 2016 up 0.7% rising
30 Slovakia 41.51 2016 up 4.3% rising
31 Chile 41.44 2017 up 7.3% rising
32 Belgium 41.29 2016 up 4.7% rising
33 Uruguay 41.09 2021 up 6.4% rising
34 Kazakhstan 40.9 2017 up 3.7% flat
35 Poland 40.81 2019 up 2.5% rising
36 Albania 40.78 2019 up 4.5% rising
37 France 40.42 2016 up 1.6% flat
38 Austria 40.35 2016 up 5.2% rising
39 Malta 40.08 2016 up 5.8% flat
40 Panama 40.04 2021 up 7.6% rising
41 Ukraine 40.01 2013 down 4.7% flat
42 Argentina 39.98 2021 up 5.8% rising
43 Australia 39.95 2015 up 4.5% flat
44 Mauritius 39.89 2012 up 11.5% rising
45 South Africa 39.55 2020 up 4.4% flat
46 Costa Rica 39.4 2021 up 8.3% rising
47 Sri Lanka 39.34 2019 up 5.1% rising
48 Kyrgyzstan 39.3 2020 up 0.1% flat
49 Puerto Rico 39.15 2005 up 16.5% rising
50 Thailand 38.82 2021 up 6.3% rising
51 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 38.81 2017 down 1.1% flat
51 Kosovo 38.81 2017 down 1.1% flat
53 Tunisia 38.48 2015 up 8.6% rising
54 China 38.25 2013 up 3.9% flat
55 Colombia 38.16 2021 up 3.2% rising
56 Peru 37.93 2021 up 4.3% rising
57 Brazil 37.86 2021 up 4.6% rising
58 Ecuador 37.61 2021 up 1.4% rising
59 Indonesia 37.48 2019 up 8.6% rising
60 Bolivia 37.46 2021 up 6.9% rising
61 Mexico 37.43 2020 up 5.5% rising
62 Mongolia 36.78 2016 up 2.8% flat
63 Turkey 36.45 2019 up 14.9% rising
64 Philippines 36.39 2019 up 2.2% flat
65 India 36.35 2019 up 5.6% rising
66 Nigeria 36.29 2018 up 0.1% flat
67 El Salvador 36.17 2017 up 3.3% rising
68 Venezuela 36.05 2006 up 6.0% rising
69 Zambia 36 2015 up 0.7% flat
70 Dominican Republic 35.65 2013 up 5.0% rising
71 Madagascar 35.56 2012 up 5.2% flat
72 Malawi 35.44 2016 down 2.1% flat
73 Jordan 35.39 2016 up 4.5% rising
74 Paraguay 35.23 2017 down 1.9% flat
75 Jamaica 35.03 2002 up 7.2% rising
76 Namibia 34.96 2015 down 0.1% flat
77 Honduras 34.91 2017 up 5.8% rising
78 Nepal 34.7 2014 up 2.3% flat
79 Gambia 34.62 2020 up 7.4% falling
80 Egypt 34.57 2019 up 0.3% rising
81 Ghana 34.52 2016 down 1.2% flat
82 Mozambique 34.5 2014 down 0.6% flat
83 Tanzania 34.04 2020 up 0.2% flat
84 Palestine 33.88 2017 up 3.3% rising
85 Rwanda 33.81 2021 up 4.6% flat
86 Nicaragua 33.71 2014 up 2.7% flat
87 Belize 33.65 1999 up 7.9% rising
88 Guatemala 33.17 2011 up 5.3% flat
89 Burkina Faso 32.93 2009 up 1.3% flat
90 Uganda 32.86 2016 up 2.6% flat
91 Ethiopia 32.83 2021 up 1.1% flat
92 Pakistan 32.7 2020 up 2.4% flat
93 Bangladesh 32.33 2016 up 0.9% flat
94 Cambodia 29.72 2012 up 3.8% falling

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, total
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
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