Benchmarks for International HR - Kienbaum

2.4 Age Structure
Regarding the age structure within and between the clusters,
the most conspicuous findings can be found in Confucian Asia:
This is the only cluster with more than 40 % of the employees
under 25 years of age. Germanic Europe, with 33 % of its
employees under 25, and the remaining clusters follow at a
considerable distance, all showing similar proportions of young
workers. On the other hand, Confucian Asia reports a rather small
proportion of middle-aged employees between 25 and 45 (28 %).
Still, the clusters do not differ significantly regarding the proportions
of older workers: All of them report a rate of around 30 %.
Confucian Asia 41 28 31
Germanic Europe 33 34 33
Latin Europe 31 35 34
Nordic Eurpe 31 35 34
Anglo 31 34 35
Eastern Europe 31 35 34
Employees under 25 years Employees over 25 years and under 45 years Employees over 45 year
Israel
Serbia
Cyprus
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Age structure by cluster (in %)
Oldest workforces by country –
employees over 45 years of age (in %)
Youngest workforces by country –
employees under 25 years of age (in %)
Estonia
Australia
Switzerland
Slovakia
Austria
36
36
35
35
35
35
34
34
33
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Israel and Serbia report the oldest workforces in the sample, with
36 % of the employees in these countries over 45 years of age.
The other 3 countries among the top 5 oldest workforces show
almost the same results. All of these report that 35 % of their
employees are over 45 years of age.
By contrast, the youngest workforces were found in Estonia,
with 35 % employees under 25 years of age. This is followed
by Australia and Switzerland, who both show results of 34 %
employees under 25, while Slovakia and Austria report 33 %
employees under 25 years of age.
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