Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Education by country
Countries reporting
27
Highest
47
Armenia
Lowest
32
Ethiopia
Median
42
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
299
What the numbers show
Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 47 in Armenia; the lowest is 32 in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 42, and the mean is 41.63.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 23.3%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 11.1%).
Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 47 | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 47 | 2017 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 47 | 2015 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 47 | 2009 | — | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 46 | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 46 | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 7 | Argentina | 45 | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 44 | 2013 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | El Salvador | 44 | 2014 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 44 | 2017 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 43 | 2016 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 11 | South Africa | 43 | 2020 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 13 | Honduras | 42 | 2016 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 42 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 42 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 42 | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 17 | Chile | 41 | 2017 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 41 | 2017 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 19 | Palestine, State of | 40 | 2017 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 20 | Pakistan | 39 | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 21 | Jordan | 38 | 2016 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 37 | 2019 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 37 | 2010 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 37 | 2015 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 25 | Guatemala | 36 | 2017 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 35 | 2011 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 32 | 2016 | down 11.1% | falling |