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Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
44.59
South Africa
Lowest
32.89
Jordan
Median
40.53
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
306

What the numbers show

Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 44.59 in South Africa; the lowest is 32.89 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.53, and the mean is 40.31.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 16.8%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 5.6%).

Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 44.59 2020 up 14.1% rising
2 Russia 44.58 2011 up 6.2% rising
3 Morocco 43.61 2009 — flat
4 Armenia 43 2021 up 10.1% rising
5 Chile 42.64 2017 up 6.2% rising
6 Australia 42.63 2015 up 6.6% rising
7 Philippines 42.2 2019 up 0.3% flat
8 Costa Rica 41.71 2015 up 1.9% flat
9 Argentina 41.63 2017 up 2.1% flat
10 Dominican Republic 41.57 2019 up 9.5% rising
11 Brazil 41.54 2017 up 6.2% rising
12 Uruguay 41.45 2017 down 3.2% flat
13 Peru 40.75 2017 up 3.4% rising
14 Sri Lanka 40.53 2016 up 0.3% flat
15 Ukraine 40.09 2013 up 4.2% flat
16 Paraguay 40.05 2010 up 6.5% flat
17 El Salvador 39.62 2014 up 4.5% rising
18 Moldova 39.5 2015 up 7.1% flat
19 Colombia 39.32 2017 up 1.9% rising
20 Palestine 39.17 2017 up 16.8% rising
21 Honduras 39.14 2016 up 0.1% rising
22 Ecuador 38.62 2017 down 5.6% flat
23 Zambia 38.27 2015 up 3.6% flat
24 Pakistan 37.5 2020 down 2.1% flat
25 Guatemala 36.57 2017 down 1.7% flat
26 Ethiopia 35.21 2016 up 1.5% flat
27 Jordan 32.89 2016 up 7.8% rising

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Indicator
Mean age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 306 data points, 2000–2021
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