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

Countries reporting
94
Highest
44.58
Italy
Lowest
31.85
Ethiopia
Median
39.93
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,370

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the service sector, aged 15-64, total is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 44.58 in Italy; the lowest is 31.85 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.93, and the mean is 39.24.

Over the past decade 82 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Kosovo 40.81 2017 up 4.0% rising
34 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 40.81 2017 up 4.0% rising
36 Panama 40.79 2021 up 6.4% rising
37 Luxembourg 40.75 2016 up 1.2% rising
38 United Kingdom 40.75 2016 up 0.4% rising
39 Kazakhstan 40.56 2017 up 5.0% flat
40 Albania 40.44 2019 down 0.9% flat
41 Chile 40.37 2017 up 4.0% rising
42 Ukraine 40.32 2013 down 4.2% flat
43 Uruguay 40.31 2021 up 3.0% flat
44 Thailand 40.23 2021 up 3.6% rising
45 Cyprus 40.12 2016 up 0.7% flat
46 United States 39.95 2018 down 0.5% rising
47 Argentina 39.95 2021 up 2.7% rising
48 South Africa 39.92 2020 up 4.6% rising
49 Costa Rica 39.85 2021 up 5.9% rising
50 Malta 39.72 2016 up 4.3% flat
51 Mauritius 39.52 2012 up 4.2% rising
52 Puerto Rico 39.03 2005 up 15.0% rising
53 Ecuador 38.95 2021 up 0.4% rising
54 Nigeria 38.86 2018 up 3.1% rising
55 Australia 38.76 2015 up 3.0% flat
56 Peru 38.6 2021 up 4.3% rising
57 Egypt 38.55 2019 down 0.3% rising
58 Mexico 38.45 2020 up 4.2% rising
59 China 38.36 2013 down 0.9% flat
60 Brazil 38.29 2021 up 4.5% rising
61 Colombia 38.12 2021 up 2.4% rising
62 Bolivia 38.07 2021 up 3.7% rising
63 Mongolia 37.9 2016 down 0.5% flat
64 Indonesia 37.78 2019 up 3.4% rising
65 India 37.76 2019 up 3.1% rising
66 Dominican Republic 37.64 2013 up 4.4% rising
67 Philippines 37.47 2019 up 3.2% flat
68 El Salvador 37.39 2017 up 2.6% rising
69 Turkey 37.25 2019 up 11.7% rising
70 Venezuela 36.76 2006 up 4.1% flat
71 Bangladesh 36.56 2016 up 3.0% flat
72 Jamaica 36.48 2002 up 3.6% flat
73 Nicaragua 36.48 2014 up 4.2% rising
74 Malawi 36.37 2016 up 8.4% flat
75 Gambia 36.36 2020 up 2.8% flat
76 Palestine 36.33 2017 up 3.4% rising
77 Namibia 36.01 2015 up 0.5% flat
78 Zambia 35.88 2015 up 4.6% flat
79 Ghana 35.81 2016 down 1.0% flat
80 Cambodia 35.52 2012 up 2.4% flat
81 Honduras 35.49 2017 up 0.6% rising
82 Paraguay 35.43 2017 up 0.6% rising
83 Jordan 35.32 2016 up 3.6% rising
84 Pakistan 35.02 2020 up 0.1% flat
85 Nepal 35 2014 up 1.2% flat
86 Madagascar 34.72 2012 up 0.6% flat
87 Tanzania 34.46 2020 down 4.3% rising
88 Belize 34.12 1999 up 2.1% flat
89 Guatemala 33.87 2011 up 1.0% flat
90 Mozambique 33.87 2014 up 1.6% flat
91 Rwanda 33.71 2021 up 7.1% rising
92 Burkina Faso 33.61 2009 down 0.7% flat
93 Uganda 32.69 2016 down 0.2% flat
94 Ethiopia 31.85 2021 up 2.6% flat

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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
94 places, 1,370 data points, 1970–2021
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