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Mean age of public paid employees by country

Countries reporting
66
Highest
48.51
Italy
Lowest
34.56
Ethiopia
Median
43.16
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
812

What the numbers show

Mean age of public paid employees is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 48.51 in Italy; the lowest is 34.56 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.16, and the mean is 42.73.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 11.9%), and the largest decrease in Vietnam (down 5.3%).

Mean age of public paid employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 48.51 2018 up 7.1% rising
2 Bulgaria 48.29 2018 up 10.5% rising
3 Lithuania 48.01 2018 up 7.6% rising
4 Estonia 47.49 2018 up 5.5% flat
5 Latvia 46.82 2018 up 4.4% rising
6 Iceland 46.79 2013 up 7.1% rising
7 Portugal 46.22 2018 up 9.0% rising
8 Hungary 46.19 2018 up 9.0% rising
9 Greece 45.72 2018 up 8.5% rising
10 Finland 45.6 2018 up 2.0% flat
11 Ireland 45.5 2017 up 4.4% flat
12 Armenia 45.44 2021 up 5.5% rising
13 Spain 45.34 2018 up 6.0% rising
14 Czechia 45.07 2018 up 4.9% rising
15 Panama 45.06 2018 up 7.9% rising
16 Poland 44.74 2017 up 10.3% rising
17 Slovakia 44.69 2017 up 3.0% flat
18 Austria 44.57 2018 up 5.6% rising
19 United States 44.56 2018 up 0.5% flat
20 Russia 44.47 2016 up 5.3% rising
21 Moldova 44.45 2015 up 3.0% flat
22 Georgia 44.38 2013 up 0.5% flat
23 Serbia 44.21 2018 up 10.3% rising
24 Morocco 44.17 2009 — flat
25 Croatia 44.09 2018 up 3.2% rising
26 Belgium 43.78 2018 up 4.5% rising
27 Romania 43.78 2018 up 5.7% rising
28 France 43.64 2018 up 4.3% rising
29 Switzerland 43.63 2018 up 1.9% flat
30 United Kingdom 43.52 2016 up 1.7% flat
31 Tunisia 43.37 2015 up 3.0% rising
32 Australia 43.31 2015 up 4.3% rising
33 Peru 43.25 2016 up 7.4% rising
34 Costa Rica 43.06 2020 up 8.6% rising
35 Uruguay 43.02 2020 down 1.7% flat
36 Argentina 42.87 2021 up 1.3% rising
37 Colombia 42.75 2017 up 4.2% rising
38 South Africa 42.71 2020 up 4.1% rising
39 El Salvador 42.69 2021 up 3.6% rising
40 Ecuador 42.44 2020 down 1.1% flat
41 Ukraine 42.39 2013 up 0.6% flat
42 Bolivia 42.36 2021 up 5.2% rising
43 Brazil 41.97 2017 up 6.4% rising
44 Mexico 41.72 2019 up 4.2% rising
45 Chile 41.69 2015 up 0.6% flat
46 Dominican Republic 41.56 2019 up 2.2% rising
47 Philippines 41.28 2018 up 0.9% flat
48 Honduras 41.21 2019 up 5.2% rising
49 Sri Lanka 41.03 2016 up 1.2% rising
50 Cyprus 40.8 2018 up 1.8% flat
51 Luxembourg 40.73 2018 up 3.0% flat
52 Cambodia 40.71 2012 up 3.8% flat
53 Paraguay 40.43 2021 up 7.7% rising
54 Namibia 40.09 2015 up 0.7% flat
55 Cameroon 39.95 2022 up 0.4% flat
56 Palestine 39.81 2017 up 11.9% rising
57 Mongolia 39.8 2021 up 4.2% flat
58 Tanzania 39.23 2020 down 4.8% flat
59 Malta 38.68 2018 up 3.1% rising
60 Turkey 38.58 2010 down 0.1% flat
61 Guatemala 37.95 2018 up 4.8% rising
62 Pakistan 37.86 2020 down 2.2% flat
63 Zambia 37.75 2015 down 0.4% flat
64 Vietnam 35.41 2019 down 5.3% flat
65 Jordan 34.65 2016 up 3.7% flat
66 Ethiopia 34.56 2016 down 3.1% flat

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Indicator
Mean age of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
66 places, 812 data points, 2000–2022
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