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

Countries reporting
87
Highest
44.68
Italy
Lowest
32.63
Uganda
Median
39.72
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,172

What the numbers show

Average age of workers in the service sector, aged 15-64, urban is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 44.68 in Italy; the lowest is 32.63 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.72, and the mean is 39.16.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 13.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 5.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 44.68 2016 up 8.2% rising
2 Norway 43.61 2016 up 5.7% rising
3 Denmark 43.26 2016 up 3.1% rising
4 Iceland 43.14 2013 up 7.2% rising
5 Spain 43.07 2016 up 7.5% rising
6 Hungary 42.86 2016 up 7.0% rising
7 Bulgaria 42.78 2016 up 6.9% rising
8 Germany 42.69 2011 up 7.4% rising
9 Lithuania 42.49 2016 up 6.1% rising
10 Croatia 42.49 2016 up 0.8% flat
11 Finland 42.44 2016 up 5.0% rising
12 France 42.36 2016 up 4.2% flat
13 Portugal 42.36 2016 up 6.7% rising
14 Latvia 42.34 2016 up 5.0% rising
15 Czechia 42.23 2016 up 4.2% rising
16 Korea 42.17 2017 up 5.5% rising
17 Greece 42.12 2016 up 4.5% rising
18 Moldova 41.94 2021 down 1.5% rising
19 Kosovo 41.83 2017 up 6.3% rising
20 Estonia 41.79 2016 up 1.3% flat
21 Sweden 41.69 2016 up 0.6% flat
22 Slovak Republic 41.59 2016 up 3.8% flat
23 Kyrgyz Republic 41.49 2020 up 6.5% flat
24 Romania 41.32 2016 up 13.9% rising
25 Armenia, Republic of 41.27 2020 up 1.5% flat
26 Georgia 41.25 2013 down 2.0% flat
27 Tunisia 41.22 2015 up 4.7% rising
28 Sri Lanka 41.13 2019 up 3.2% rising
29 Panama 40.96 2021 up 6.7% rising
30 Luxembourg 40.88 2016 up 2.0% rising
31 Poland 40.88 2019 up 3.3% flat
32 Thailand 40.65 2021 up 2.5% rising
33 Kazakhstan, Republic of 40.43 2017 up 5.4% rising
34 United Kingdom 40.4 2016 down 0.1% rising
35 Chile 40.34 2017 up 3.9% rising
36 Ireland 40.33 2016 up 3.9% flat
37 Uruguay 40.3 2021 up 3.0% flat
38 Cyprus 40.19 2016 up 0.9% flat
39 Costa Rica 39.97 2021 up 5.7% rising
40 Argentina 39.95 2021 up 2.7% flat
41 South Africa 39.89 2020 up 4.5% rising
42 Ukraine 39.88 2013 down 5.5% flat
43 United States 39.88 2018 down 0.2% rising
44 Malta 39.72 2016 up 4.3% flat
45 Belgium 39.22 2003 up 4.7% flat
46 Ecuador 39.17 2021 up 0.7% rising
47 China (People’s Republic of) 38.94 2013 down 1.2% flat
48 Peru 38.74 2021 up 3.9% rising
49 Mexico 38.65 2020 up 4.0% rising
50 Egypt, Arab Republic of 38.63 2019 down 0.9% flat
51 Nigeria 38.62 2018 up 0.3% flat
52 Austria 38.57 2003 up 5.0% flat
53 Brazil 38.35 2021 up 4.4% rising
54 India 38.33 2019 up 3.6% rising
55 Colombia 38.21 2021 up 2.5% rising
56 Bolivia 37.99 2021 up 3.5% rising
57 Netherlands 37.99 2004 up 5.1% flat
58 El Salvador 37.98 2017 up 2.8% rising
59 Indonesia 37.98 2019 up 3.9% rising
60 Mongolia 37.66 2016 down 1.1% flat
61 Dominican Republic 37.56 2013 up 4.3% rising
62 Philippines 37.45 2019 up 3.2% flat
63 Cambodia 36.94 2012 up 3.4% flat
64 Nicaragua 36.93 2014 up 4.4% rising
65 Bangladesh 36.91 2016 up 1.4% flat
66 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 36.75 2002 up 1.2% flat
67 Jamaica 36.69 2002 up 4.0% flat
68 Ghana 36.51 2016 down 0.5% flat
69 Gambia, The 36.31 2020 up 3.1% flat
70 Palestine, State of 36.27 2017 up 3.0% flat
71 Zambia 36.23 2015 up 5.9% flat
72 Malawi 36.05 2016 up 10.8% flat
73 Namibia 36 2015 up 0.6% flat
74 Madagascar, Republic of 35.89 2012 down 2.4% flat
75 Türkiye 35.87 2013 up 10.8% rising
76 Honduras 35.8 2017 up 1.3% rising
77 Paraguay 35.58 2017 up 0.4% rising
78 Jordan 35.53 2016 up 3.1% rising
79 Pakistan 35.42 2020 up 0.8% flat
80 Nepal 34.92 2014 down 0.8% flat
81 Tanzania, United Republic of 34.89 2020 down 0.8% rising
82 Belize 34.5 1999 up 3.0% flat
83 Guatemala 34.46 2011 up 1.5% flat
84 Rwanda 34.45 2021 up 10.5% rising
85 Mozambique, Republic of 34.25 2014 up 3.1% flat
86 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 32.92 2021 up 3.5% flat
87 Uganda 32.63 2016 up 3.4% rising

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Indicator
Average age of workers in the service sector, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
87 places, 1,172 data points, 1970–2021
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