Mean age of private paid employees by country

Countries reporting

Highest

43.33

Italy

Lowest

28.51

Cambodia

Median

39.31

Years covered

2000–2022

Data points

822

What the numbers show

Mean age of private paid employees is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 43.33 in Italy; the lowest is 28.51 in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.31, and the mean is 38.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 13.1%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 6.6%).

Mean age of private paid employees: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Italy	43.33	2018	up 9.8%	rising
2	Latvia	43.33	2018	up 6.2%	rising
3	Hungary	43.23	2018	up 10.4%	rising
4	Estonia	43.04	2018	up 4.2%	rising
5	Lithuania	42.79	2018	up 6.3%	rising
6	Bulgaria	42.77	2018	up 9.4%	rising
7	Iceland	42.7	2013	up 9.7%	rising
8	Finland	42.4	2018	up 3.1%	flat
9	Spain	42.22	2018	up 10.7%	rising
10	Czechia	42.15	2018	up 4.3%	rising
11	Switzerland	42.05	2018	up 5.3%	rising
12	Portugal	42.02	2018	up 7.3%	rising
13	Romania	41.83	2018	up 7.7%	rising
14	Belgium	41.46	2018	up 5.7%	rising
15	Luxembourg	41.45	2018	up 1.7%	flat
16	United States	41.34	2018	up 1.6%	flat
17	Serbia	41.26	2018	down 6.6%	falling
18	Armenia	41.25	2021	up 3.6%	flat
19	Georgia	41.18	2013	down 2.3%	flat
20	Croatia	40.93	2018	up 1.9%	flat
21	Austria	40.82	2018	up 5.8%	rising
22	Greece	40.82	2018	up 6.0%	rising
23	France	40.82	2018	up 3.2%	rising
24	Slovakia	40.76	2017	up 4.2%	rising
25	Poland	40.51	2017	up 7.9%	rising
26	Chile	40.41	2015	up 6.4%	rising
27	United Kingdom	40.3	2016	up 2.4%	flat
28	Sri Lanka	40.04	2016	up 11.9%	rising
29	Russia	39.86	2016	up 2.3%	flat
30	Moldova	39.6	2015	up 3.0%	flat
31	Uruguay	39.48	2020	up 4.3%	flat
32	Ireland	39.48	2017	up 8.8%	rising
33	Cyprus	39.41	2018	down 0.0%	flat
34	Ukraine	39.22	2013	down 0.9%	flat
35	Argentina	38.98	2021	up 5.0%	rising
36	South Africa	38.64	2020	up 4.6%	flat
37	Panama	38.46	2021	up 6.3%	rising
38	Costa Rica	38	2019	up 9.9%	rising
39	Tunisia	37.97	2015	up 6.2%	rising
40	Australia	37.51	2015	up 7.7%	rising
41	Mongolia	36.95	2021	up 2.7%	rising
42	Ecuador	36.71	2020	up 3.4%	rising
43	Colombia	36.59	2020	up 5.0%	rising
44	Brazil	36.48	2021	up 5.4%	rising
45	Malta	36.39	2018	up 6.6%	rising
46	Dominican Republic	36.2	2019	up 4.9%	rising
47	Peru	36.14	2021	up 6.4%	rising
48	Vietnam	35.92	2019	up 13.1%	rising
49	Mexico	35.54	2019	up 5.9%	rising
50	Morocco	35.45	2009	—	flat
51	Philippines	35.19	2018	up 5.5%	flat
52	El Salvador	34.99	2021	up 1.0%	rising
53	Namibia	34.75	2015	up 1.9%	flat
54	Jordan	34.73	2016	up 5.9%	rising
55	Zambia	34.57	2015	up 2.9%	flat
56	Bolivia	34.18	2021	up 4.9%	rising
57	Cameroon	33.73	2022	up 3.5%	rising
58	Guatemala	33.67	2019	up 3.5%	rising
59	Paraguay	33.54	2021	up 1.4%	rising
60	Honduras	33.36	2019	up 7.6%	rising
61	Turkey	32.83	2010	up 2.4%	flat
62	Pakistan	32.66	2020	up 2.0%	flat
63	Palestine	32.36	2017	down 0.2%	rising
64	Tanzania	31.99	2020	down 3.8%	flat
65	Ethiopia	29.73	2016	up 2.9%	flat
66	Cambodia	28.51	2012	down 3.1%	flat

About this data

Indicator: Mean age of private paid employees
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 66 places, 822 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026