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Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Teachers by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
48.93
Georgia
Lowest
33.98
Ethiopia
Median
41.16
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
275

What the numbers show

Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 48.93 in Georgia; the lowest is 33.98 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41.16, and the mean is 41.34.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 25.2%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 9.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 48.93 2013 up 3.0% flat
2 El Salvador 44.99 2017 up 8.2% rising
3 Moldova 44.08 2015 up 1.2% flat
4 South Africa 44.03 2020 down 1.5% flat
5 Bolivia 43.74 2017 — rising
6 Australia 43.42 2015 up 1.1% flat
7 Ecuador 43.34 2017 down 9.4% flat
8 Russia 43.23 2016 down 0.3% flat
9 Dominican Republic 42.76 2015 up 4.5% rising
10 Chile 42.62 2017 down 1.2% flat
11 Sri Lanka 42.19 2016 up 2.7% flat
12 Brazil 42.19 2016 up 4.2% rising
13 Uruguay 41.16 2016 down 0.8% flat
14 Honduras 40.83 2019 down 0.3% flat
15 Costa Rica 40.82 2012 up 8.1% rising
16 Mexico 40.81 2019 up 1.8% flat
17 Palestine 40.56 2017 up 13.2% rising
18 Pakistan 40.49 2014 up 4.1% flat
19 Paraguay 39.36 2010 up 25.2% rising
20 Jordan 38.35 2016 up 7.8% rising
21 Vietnam 38.22 2019 up 5.8% flat
22 Peru 38.17 2016 down 3.1% rising
23 Philippines 37.66 2019 down 4.9% falling
24 Zambia 37.52 2015 up 1.2% flat
25 Ethiopia 33.98 2016 down 5.6% falling

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Indicator
Mean age of public paid employees, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 275 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed