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

Countries reporting

Highest

44.63

Denmark

Lowest

29.72

Cambodia

Median

39.34

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,362

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the industrial sector, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 44.63 in Denmark; the lowest is 29.72 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.34, 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 83 countries rose and 8 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
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	Tunisia	38.48	2015	up 8.6%	rising
52	China	38.25	2013	up 3.9%	flat
53	Colombia	38.16	2021	up 3.2%	rising
54	Peru	37.93	2021	up 4.3%	rising
55	Brazil	37.86	2021	up 4.6%	rising
56	Ecuador	37.61	2021	up 1.4%	rising
57	Indonesia	37.48	2019	up 8.6%	rising
58	Bolivia	37.46	2021	up 6.9%	rising
59	Mexico	37.43	2020	up 5.5%	rising
60	Mongolia	36.78	2016	up 2.8%	flat
61	Turkey	36.45	2019	up 14.9%	rising
62	Philippines	36.39	2019	up 2.2%	flat
63	India	36.35	2019	up 5.6%	rising
64	Nigeria	36.29	2018	up 0.1%	flat
65	El Salvador	36.17	2017	up 3.3%	rising
66	Venezuela	36.05	2006	up 6.0%	rising
67	Zambia	36	2015	up 0.7%	flat
68	Dominican Republic	35.65	2013	up 5.0%	rising
69	Madagascar	35.56	2012	up 5.2%	flat
70	Malawi	35.44	2016	down 2.1%	flat
71	Jordan	35.39	2016	up 4.5%	rising
72	Paraguay	35.23	2017	down 1.9%	flat
73	Jamaica	35.03	2002	up 7.2%	rising
74	Namibia	34.96	2015	down 0.1%	flat
75	Honduras	34.91	2017	up 5.8%	rising
76	Nepal	34.7	2014	up 2.3%	flat
77	Gambia	34.62	2020	up 7.4%	falling
78	Egypt	34.57	2019	up 0.3%	rising
79	Ghana	34.52	2016	down 1.2%	flat
80	Mozambique	34.5	2014	down 0.6%	flat
81	Tanzania	34.04	2020	up 0.2%	flat
82	Palestine	33.88	2017	up 3.3%	rising
83	Rwanda	33.81	2021	up 4.6%	flat
84	Nicaragua	33.71	2014	up 2.7%	flat
85	Belize	33.65	1999	up 7.9%	rising
86	Guatemala	33.17	2011	up 5.3%	flat
87	Burkina Faso	32.93	2009	up 1.3%	flat
88	Uganda	32.86	2016	up 2.6%	flat
89	Ethiopia	32.83	2021	up 1.1%	flat
90	Pakistan	32.7	2020	up 2.4%	flat
91	Bangladesh	32.33	2016	up 0.9%	flat
92	Cambodia	29.72	2012	up 3.8%	falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 38.81
South Africa 39.55

About this data

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: 93 places, 1,362 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026