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Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Health by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
49
Dominican Republic
Lowest
29
Ethiopia
Median
41
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
305

What the numbers show

Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Health is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 49 in Dominican Republic; the lowest is 29 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41, and the mean is 39.52.

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

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 22.5%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 16.7%).

Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Health: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Dominican Republic 49 2019 up 22.5% rising
2 Armenia 48 2021 up 6.7% flat
3 Moldova 47 2015 up 4.4% flat
4 Russia 44 2011 up 4.8% rising
4 Morocco 44 2009 — flat
4 Argentina 44 2017 up 4.8% flat
7 Australia 43 2015 up 2.4% rising
7 Ukraine 43 2013 up 2.4% flat
7 Colombia 43 2017 up 7.5% rising
10 Uruguay 42 2017 down 4.5% flat
10 El Salvador 42 2014 up 16.7% rising
12 Sri Lanka 41 2016 up 2.5% flat
12 Palestine 41 2017 up 13.9% rising
12 Brazil 41 2017 up 5.1% flat
15 Peru 39 2017 down 9.3% rising
16 Zambia 38 2015 up 2.7% flat
17 Guatemala 37 2017 up 8.8% rising
17 Costa Rica 37 2015 down 9.8% falling
19 Honduras 36 2016 down 10.0% flat
19 Ecuador 36 2017 down 16.3% falling
19 Chile 36 2017 down 7.7% falling
19 South Africa 36 2020 down 2.7% falling
23 Pakistan 34 2020 down 2.9% flat
23 Philippines 34 2019 down 10.5% falling
25 Jordan 33 2016 down 2.9% flat
26 Paraguay 30 2010 down 16.7% falling
27 Ethiopia 29 2016 down 9.4% falling

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Indicator
Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 305 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed