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

Countries reporting

Highest

44.58

Italy

Lowest

31.85

Ethiopia

Median

39.88

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,362

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the service sector, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 44.58 in Italy; the lowest is 31.85 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.88, and the mean is 39.2.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 15.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 4.3%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Italy	44.58	2016	up 8.3%	rising
2	Moldova	43.95	2021	up 7.2%	rising
3	Denmark	43.82	2016	up 2.8%	rising
4	Finland	43.43	2016	up 4.3%	rising
5	Iceland	43.39	2013	up 7.2%	rising
6	Hungary	43.27	2016	up 7.8%	rising
7	Spain	43.01	2016	up 7.8%	rising
8	Lithuania	43	2016	up 6.4%	rising
9	Bulgaria	42.84	2016	up 6.0%	rising
10	Germany	42.77	2011	up 7.7%	rising
11	Norway	42.54	2016	up 2.6%	rising
12	Czechia	42.49	2016	up 4.6%	rising
13	Latvia	42.47	2016	up 5.9%	rising
14	Portugal	42.47	2016	up 6.4%	rising
15	South Korea	42.38	2017	up 5.4%	rising
16	Estonia	42.36	2016	up 3.0%	flat
17	Croatia	42.33	2016	up 1.5%	flat
18	Slovenia	42.33	2016	up 5.8%	rising
19	Sweden	42.31	2016	down 0.3%	flat
20	Netherlands	42.3	2016	up 5.3%	rising
21	France	42.26	2016	up 3.9%	flat
22	Belgium	42.26	2016	up 4.5%	rising
23	Greece	42.21	2016	up 5.8%	rising
24	Austria	42.12	2016	up 4.8%	rising
25	Slovakia	41.6	2016	up 4.3%	rising
26	Kyrgyzstan	41.52	2020	up 5.9%	flat
27	Georgia	41.52	2013	down 1.2%	flat
28	Ireland	41.44	2016	up 5.1%	flat
29	Romania	41.33	2016	up 14.3%	rising
30	Armenia	41.1	2020	up 1.0%	flat
31	Sri Lanka	40.95	2019	up 3.1%	rising
32	Tunisia	40.86	2015	up 4.5%	rising
33	Poland	40.82	2019	up 3.6%	rising
34	Panama	40.79	2021	up 6.4%	rising
35	Luxembourg	40.75	2016	up 1.2%	rising
36	United Kingdom	40.75	2016	up 0.4%	rising
37	Kazakhstan	40.56	2017	up 5.0%	flat
38	Albania	40.44	2019	down 0.9%	flat
39	Chile	40.37	2017	up 4.0%	rising
40	Ukraine	40.32	2013	down 4.2%	flat
41	Uruguay	40.31	2021	up 3.0%	flat
42	Thailand	40.23	2021	up 3.6%	rising
43	Cyprus	40.12	2016	up 0.7%	flat
44	United States	39.95	2018	down 0.5%	rising
45	Argentina	39.95	2021	up 2.7%	rising
46	South Africa	39.92	2020	up 4.6%	rising
47	Costa Rica	39.85	2021	up 5.9%	rising
48	Malta	39.72	2016	up 4.3%	flat
49	Mauritius	39.52	2012	up 4.2%	rising
50	Puerto Rico	39.03	2005	up 15.0%	rising
51	Ecuador	38.95	2021	up 0.4%	rising
52	Nigeria	38.86	2018	up 3.1%	rising
53	Australia	38.76	2015	up 3.0%	flat
54	Peru	38.6	2021	up 4.3%	rising
55	Egypt	38.55	2019	down 0.3%	rising
56	Mexico	38.45	2020	up 4.2%	rising
57	China	38.36	2013	down 0.9%	flat
58	Brazil	38.29	2021	up 4.5%	rising
59	Colombia	38.12	2021	up 2.4%	rising
60	Bolivia	38.07	2021	up 3.7%	rising
61	Mongolia	37.9	2016	down 0.5%	flat
62	Indonesia	37.78	2019	up 3.4%	rising
63	India	37.76	2019	up 3.1%	rising
64	Dominican Republic	37.64	2013	up 4.4%	rising
65	Philippines	37.47	2019	up 3.2%	flat
66	El Salvador	37.39	2017	up 2.6%	rising
67	Turkey	37.25	2019	up 11.7%	rising
68	Venezuela	36.76	2006	up 4.1%	flat
69	Bangladesh	36.56	2016	up 3.0%	flat
70	Jamaica	36.48	2002	up 3.6%	flat
71	Nicaragua	36.48	2014	up 4.2%	rising
72	Malawi	36.37	2016	up 8.4%	flat
73	Gambia	36.36	2020	up 2.8%	flat
74	Palestine	36.33	2017	up 3.4%	rising
75	Namibia	36.01	2015	up 0.5%	flat
76	Zambia	35.88	2015	up 4.6%	flat
77	Ghana	35.81	2016	down 1.0%	flat
78	Cambodia	35.52	2012	up 2.4%	flat
79	Honduras	35.49	2017	up 0.6%	rising
80	Paraguay	35.43	2017	up 0.6%	rising
81	Jordan	35.32	2016	up 3.6%	rising
82	Pakistan	35.02	2020	up 0.1%	flat
83	Nepal	35	2014	up 1.2%	flat
84	Madagascar	34.72	2012	up 0.6%	flat
85	Tanzania	34.46	2020	down 4.3%	rising
86	Belize	34.12	1999	up 2.1%	flat
87	Guatemala	33.87	2011	up 1.0%	flat
88	Mozambique	33.87	2014	up 1.6%	flat
89	Rwanda	33.71	2021	up 7.1%	rising
90	Burkina Faso	33.61	2009	down 0.7%	flat
91	Uganda	32.69	2016	down 0.2%	flat
92	Ethiopia	31.85	2021	up 2.6%	flat

Regions and income groups

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

Kosovo 40.81

About this data

Indicator: Average age of workers in the service 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