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

Countries reporting
91
Highest
44.6
Italy
Lowest
31.02
Ethiopia
Median
39.42
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,274

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the service sector, aged 15-64, female is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 44.6 in Italy; the lowest is 31.02 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.42, and the mean is 39.13.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 17.1%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 2.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 44.6 2016 up 9.8% rising
2 Moldova 44.43 2021 up 7.5% rising
3 Denmark 44.18 2016 up 3.4% rising
4 Finland 43.99 2016 up 5.1% rising
5 Hungary 43.81 2016 up 7.8% rising
6 Iceland 43.74 2013 up 8.1% rising
7 Lithuania 43.71 2016 up 6.7% rising
8 Bulgaria 43.7 2016 up 7.4% rising
9 Latvia 43.55 2016 up 6.4% rising
10 Estonia 43.35 2016 up 3.7% flat
11 Kyrgyzstan 43.26 2020 up 6.2% rising
12 Norway 43.15 2016 up 3.4% rising
13 Czechia 42.88 2016 up 4.3% rising
14 Spain 42.86 2016 up 9.8% rising
15 Germany 42.77 2011 up 9.3% rising
16 Sweden 42.71 2016 down 0.4% flat
17 Georgia 42.65 2013 down 0.5% flat
18 Croatia 42.51 2016 up 2.0% flat
19 Slovenia 42.46 2016 up 6.4% rising
20 France 42.45 2016 up 4.1% flat
21 Portugal 42.44 2016 up 6.6% rising
22 Slovak Republic 42.43 2016 up 5.7% rising
23 Netherlands 42.28 2016 up 8.0% rising
24 Armenia 42.02 2020 down 0.2% flat
25 Korea 41.93 2017 up 6.8% rising
26 Greece 41.63 2016 up 7.1% rising
27 Romania 41.38 2016 up 16.6% rising
28 Panama 41.18 2021 up 7.5% rising
29 Kazakhstan 41.02 2017 up 5.4% rising
30 Ireland 40.97 2016 up 5.9% rising
31 United Kingdom 40.86 2016 up 1.0% rising
32 Ukraine 40.84 2013 down 2.6% flat
33 Luxembourg 40.82 2016 up 3.8% rising
34 Poland 40.8 2019 up 4.2% rising
35 Uruguay 40.7 2021 up 3.3% flat
36 Sri Lanka 40.61 2019 up 2.6% rising
37 Chile 40.48 2017 up 4.6% rising
38 South Africa 40.42 2020 up 4.9% rising
39 Albania 40.37 2019 up 4.4% flat
40 Thailand 40.17 2021 up 4.0% rising
41 United States 39.94 2018 down 0.9% rising
42 Argentina 39.88 2021 up 1.7% flat
43 Costa Rica 39.7 2021 up 6.0% rising
44 Cyprus 39.67 2016 up 2.1% flat
45 Tunisia 39.63 2015 up 6.3% rising
46 Ecuador 39.42 2021 up 1.9% rising
47 Kosovo 39.29 2017 up 3.5% rising
48 Egypt 39.2 2019 up 2.3% rising
49 Puerto Rico 39.13 2005 up 17.1% rising
50 Peru 38.85 2021 up 5.2% rising
51 Mexico 38.6 2020 up 5.0% rising
52 Belgium 38.58 2003 up 6.9% rising
53 Mauritius 38.39 2012 up 4.6% flat
54 Brazil 38.38 2021 up 5.2% rising
55 Dominican Republic 38.38 2013 up 6.1% rising
56 Colombia 38.22 2021 up 2.2% rising
57 Malta 38.11 2016 up 6.5% rising
58 Philippines 38.02 2019 up 4.1% flat
59 India 37.95 2019 up 3.4% rising
60 Mongolia 37.89 2016 up 0.3% flat
61 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 37.83 2021 up 3.1% rising
62 Indonesia 37.71 2019 up 4.2% rising
63 El Salvador 37.68 2017 up 2.7% rising
64 Austria 37.47 2003 up 6.6% rising
65 Jamaica 37.34 2002 up 4.2% flat
66 China (People’s Republic of) 37.19 2013 up 1.7% flat
67 Nigeria 37.18 2018 up 0.8% flat
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.97 2006 up 4.8% rising
69 Nicaragua 36.71 2014 up 3.7% rising
70 Palestine, State of 36.18 2017 up 2.6% rising
71 Türkiye 35.92 2019 up 16.0% rising
72 Honduras 35.85 2017 up 2.3% rising
73 Namibia 35.8 2015 down 1.6% rising
74 Paraguay 35.78 2017 up 0.4% rising
75 Gambia 35.72 2020 up 3.5% flat
76 Ghana 35.68 2016 up 0.3% flat
77 Zambia 35.56 2015 up 5.1% flat
78 Cambodia 35.37 2012 up 3.4% flat
79 Jordan 34.52 2016 up 7.2% rising
80 Madagascar 34.42 2012 up 2.4% flat
81 Bangladesh 34.22 2016 down 0.3% flat
82 Malawi 34.12 2016 up 5.5% flat
83 Pakistan 33.93 2020 up 1.5% flat
84 Guatemala 33.93 2011 up 0.7% flat
85 Mozambique 33.9 2014 up 5.0% flat
86 Tanzania, United Republic of 33.79 2020 up 1.0% rising
87 Rwanda 33.53 2021 up 8.9% rising
88 Belize 33.34 1999 up 1.9% flat
89 Nepal 33.14 2014 down 1.2% flat
90 Uganda 31.68 2016 up 1.9% rising
91 Ethiopia 31.02 2021 up 2.1% flat

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the service 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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