Countries that are less free have older leaders

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Probably a sensitive topic in here, as quite a few posters probably see people in their 50's and 60's as young and immature!

As we age we lose physical and cognitive ability, and I believe that people above retirement age should be excluded from running from leadership positions in government. Listening to the debate in the US between Biden and Trump highlights the issue, but they are not the exception. Interestingly, countries that are less free tend to have older leaders. 

I got curious as to what the average age of world leaders is and according to Pew Research it is around 62 years old. 

"Countries that are less free tend to have older leaders. In countries that Freedom House classifies as not free, the median age of the national leader is 69, compared with 61 in countries that are classified as partly free and 58 in countries classified as free. The United States is one of only two countries that are classified as free and have a leader in their 80s or older"