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Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration by country

Countries reporting
27
Highest
45
Russian Federation
Lowest
32
Jordan
Median
40
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
304

What the numbers show

Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 45 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 32 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 40, and the mean is 39.3.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 21.9%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 8.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 45 2011 up 7.1% rising
2 Morocco 44 2009 — flat
3 Australia 42 2015 up 2.4% rising
3 Chile 42 2017 up 7.7% rising
3 South Africa 42 2017 up 16.7% rising
3 Philippines 42 2019 unchanged flat
7 Armenia 41 2021 up 10.8% rising
7 Brazil 41 2017 up 5.1% rising
7 Costa Rica 41 2015 unchanged rising
7 Uruguay 41 2017 down 4.7% flat
7 Paraguay 41 2010 up 13.9% flat
7 Argentina 41 2017 up 2.5% flat
13 Sri Lanka 40 2016 unchanged rising
13 Peru 40 2017 up 2.6% rising
13 Dominican Republic 40 2019 up 8.1% rising
16 Republic of Moldova 39 2015 up 5.4% flat
16 Palestine, State of 39 2017 up 21.9% rising
16 Ukraine 39 2013 up 5.4% flat
19 El Salvador 38 2014 up 5.6% rising
19 Zambia 38 2015 up 8.6% rising
21 Honduras 37 2016 down 2.6% flat
21 Ecuador 37 2017 down 7.5% falling
21 Colombia 37 2017 down 5.1% flat
24 Pakistan 36 2020 down 7.7% flat
25 Guatemala 33 2017 down 8.3% flat
25 Ethiopia 33 2016 unchanged flat
27 Jordan 32 2016 up 10.3% rising

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Indicator
Median age of public paid employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 304 data points, 2000–2021
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