Austria | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source
Austria | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 52.10740158
1961 53.45982515
1962 54.46859299
1963 55.28966093
1964 56.37506805
1965 57.54021605
1966 58.68418577
1967 59.8151023
1968 60.87623875
1969 61.81067877
1970 62.40244982
1971 62.64162465
1972 62.56608381
1973 62.21907454
1974 61.88238056
1975 61.51575688
1976 60.70065722
1977 59.60942621
1978 58.44987689
1979 57.21074404
1980 55.77635274
1981 53.99654558
1982 52.10497017
1983 50.23597581
1984 48.78693757
1985 48.06226888
1986 47.77278681
1987 47.72390366
1988 47.85847115
1989 47.99517299
1990 48.07348353
1991 48.19886637
1992 48.38044333
1993 48.60868854
1994 48.88409875
1995 49.10509121
1996 49.13960554
1997 48.99394079
1998 48.76479248
1999 48.44807286
2000 48.05901318
2001 47.61793494
2002 47.16863663
2003 46.80492231
2004 46.93347943
2005 47.50906577
2006 47.99108901
2007 48.17330633
2008 48.1728339
2009 48.21347744
2010 48.06187813
2011 47.85048283
2012 47.9792906
2013 48.27405744
2014 48.5314835
2015 48.70236623
2016 48.92916775
2017 49.28688164
2018 49.6623569
2019 50.0491128
2020 50.49508694
2021 51.11825135
2022 51.94133375
Austria | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source