Median age of private paid employees, by industry: Education by country
Countries reporting
27
Highest
44
Ukraine
Lowest
28
Ethiopia
Median
36
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
307
What the numbers show
Median age of private paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 44 in Ukraine; the lowest is 28 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 36, and the mean is 35.74.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 24.1%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 16.7%).
Median age of private paid employees, by industry: Education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 44 | 2013 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 41 | 2015 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | Argentina | 41 | 2017 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 40 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Armenia | 39 | 2021 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 39 | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | South Africa | 38 | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 38 | 2011 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Uruguay | 38 | 2017 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 38 | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 37 | 2016 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 12 | Ecuador | 36 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Morocco | 36 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 36 | 2015 | up 24.1% | flat |
| 12 | Brazil | 36 | 2017 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 35 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | El Salvador | 35 | 2014 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Paraguay | 35 | 2010 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 34 | 2016 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 34 | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 21 | Guatemala | 33 | 2017 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 21 | Zambia | 33 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 32 | 2016 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Palestine, State of | 31 | 2017 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 25 | Philippines | 30 | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 26 | Pakistan | 28 | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 28 | 2016 | down 3.4% | flat |