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

Countries reporting
25
Highest
50
Georgia
Lowest
32
Ethiopia
Median
41
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
279

What the numbers show

Median age of public paid employees, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 50 in Georgia; the lowest is 32 in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 41, and the mean is 40.96.

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

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 27.6%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 11.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 50 2013 up 6.4% flat
2 South Africa 46 2020 up 4.5% rising
3 El Salvador 45 2017 up 9.8% rising
4 Australia 44 2015 up 2.3% flat
4 Republic of Moldova 44 2015 up 7.3% flat
4 Ecuador 44 2017 down 10.2% falling
7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 43 2017 — rising
7 Russian Federation 43 2016 up 2.4% flat
7 Sri Lanka 43 2016 up 4.9% rising
10 Dominican Republic 42 2015 up 5.0% rising
10 Brazil 42 2016 up 5.0% rising
12 Pakistan 41 2014 up 7.9% rising
12 Costa Rica 41 2012 up 7.9% rising
12 Chile 41 2017 down 8.9% falling
15 Honduras 40 2019 down 2.4% rising
15 Mexico 40 2019 down 2.4% flat
15 Uruguay 40 2016 down 2.4% flat
18 Peru 39 2016 down 4.9% rising
18 Palestine, State of 39 2017 up 14.7% rising
20 Viet Nam 38 2019 up 11.8% rising
21 Jordan 37 2016 up 8.8% rising
21 Paraguay 37 2010 up 27.6% rising
21 Zambia 37 2015 up 5.7% flat
24 Philippines 36 2019 down 5.3% falling
25 Ethiopia 32 2016 down 11.1% falling

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Indicator
Median age of public paid employees, by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 279 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed