Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Health by country
Countries reporting
27
Highest
47.24
Armenia
Lowest
32.19
Ethiopia
Median
40.71
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
307
What the numbers show
Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Health is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 47.24 in Armenia; the lowest is 32.19 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.71, and the mean is 40.67.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 14.2%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 8.5%).
Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Health: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 47.24 | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 46.61 | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 46.29 | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 44.18 | 2017 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 5 | Ukraine | 43.75 | 2013 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 6 | Uruguay | 43.45 | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 43.31 | 2011 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 8 | Morocco | 43.14 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 9 | Australia | 42.79 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 42.6 | 2017 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 41.91 | 2016 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 12 | El Salvador | 41.78 | 2014 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 41.59 | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Peru | 40.71 | 2017 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Palestine, State of | 40.12 | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 39.63 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Chile | 39.33 | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 39.19 | 2015 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 19 | Honduras | 39.04 | 2016 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | Guatemala | 38.41 | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 38.35 | 2017 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 22 | Philippines | 38.19 | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 37.76 | 2015 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 35.89 | 2010 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 25 | Pakistan | 35.43 | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 26 | Jordan | 35.23 | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 32.19 | 2016 | down 2.3% | falling |