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Median age of private paid employees, by occupation: Teachers by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
41
Bolivia
Lowest
23
Mexico
Median
35
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
276

What the numbers show

Median age of private paid employees, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 41 in Bolivia; the lowest is 23 in Mexico.

The median across all reporting countries is 35, and the mean is 34.08.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 31.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 36.1%).

Median age of private paid employees, by occupation: Teachers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bolivia 41 2017 — flat
1 Australia 41 2015 up 2.5% rising
1 Georgia 41 2013 down 14.6% falling
4 Moldova 38 2015 up 31.0% rising
4 South Africa 38 2020 up 2.7% rising
4 Russia 38 2016 up 15.2% rising
4 Chile 38 2017 down 5.0% flat
8 Uruguay 37 2016 down 2.6% falling
9 Dominican Republic 36 2015 unchanged flat
9 Brazil 36 2016 up 2.9% flat
11 Honduras 35 2019 up 6.1% falling
11 Jordan 35 2016 up 2.9% rising
11 Ecuador 35 2017 down 10.3% flat
14 Paraguay 34 2010 up 21.4% flat
15 Peru 33 2015 unchanged falling
15 Zambia 33 2015 up 17.9% rising
15 Vietnam 33 2019 unchanged flat
15 Sri Lanka 33 2016 up 3.1% rising
19 El Salvador 32 2017 down 3.0% falling
20 Palestine 31 2017 down 3.1% falling
20 Costa Rica 31 2012 down 3.1% falling
22 Philippines 27 2019 down 12.9% falling
22 Ethiopia 27 2016 down 3.6% rising
24 Pakistan 26 2014 unchanged falling
25 Mexico 23 2019 down 36.1% falling

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Indicator
Median age of private paid employees, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 276 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed