Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
49.24
Moldova
Lowest
33.33
Ethiopia
Median
40.26
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
278

What the numbers show

Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 49.24 in Moldova; the lowest is 33.33 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.26, and the mean is 40.72.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 14.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 12.0%).

Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Moldova 49.24 2015 up 13.6% rising
2 Russia 48.13 2016 up 3.2% rising
3 United States 45.95 2018 up 0.7% flat
4 Georgia 44.54 2013 down 4.3% flat
5 Peru 44.39 2016 up 6.3% rising
6 Honduras 42.77 2019 up 4.8% falling
7 South Africa 42.72 2020 up 2.5% flat
8 Uruguay 42.33 2016 down 3.5% flat
9 El Salvador 41.86 2017 up 14.3% rising
10 Dominican Republic 40.99 2015 down 1.7% flat
11 Australia 40.75 2015 up 0.5% flat
12 Brazil 40.74 2016 up 1.5% flat
13 Mexico 40.26 2019 up 6.7% rising
14 Sri Lanka 40.17 2016 up 0.4% flat
15 Bolivia 40.04 2017 flat
16 Pakistan 39.79 2014 up 1.8% flat
17 Costa Rica 39.39 2012 down 2.9% flat
18 Chile 39.33 2017 up 3.7% flat
19 Paraguay 39.09 2010 up 1.1% flat
20 Vietnam 37.69 2019 down 8.1% falling
21 Philippines 37.18 2019 down 6.4% falling
22 Palestine 36.69 2017 up 0.7% flat
23 Ecuador 36.64 2017 down 12.0% falling
24 Jordan 33.94 2016 down 6.1% falling
25 Ethiopia 33.33 2016 down 1.8% falling

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Indicator
Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 278 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed