Austria | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 18.57273435
1961 19.03393255
1962 19.45561456
1963 19.81945154
1964 20.27507098
1965 20.74085116
1966 21.19756285
1967 21.66824308
1968 22.10408638
1969 22.50304331
1970 22.8253612
1971 23.08152679
1972 23.27798534
1973 23.44040785
1974 23.68346885
1975 23.98269784
1976 24.13297232
1977 24.20965346
1978 24.27137882
1979 24.25686236
1980 23.96271982
1981 23.23050294
1982 22.36520262
1983 21.54668208
1984 21.02513649
1985 20.96734481
1986 21.15888642
1987 21.45694349
1988 21.77167396
1989 21.99912052
1990 22.12630965
1991 22.15740833
1992 22.12945288
1993 22.17426898
1994 22.33541573
1995 22.54032572
1996 22.69866594
1997 22.80278076
1998 22.86694887
1999 22.86141378
2000 22.82038166
2001 22.78444418
2002 22.71254618
2003 22.67691639
2004 23.08163112
2005 23.88080921
2006 24.65061562
2007 25.19619977
2008 25.57268654
2009 25.95079993
2010 26.11166297
2011 26.19087513
2012 26.53160924
2013 26.95626174
2014 27.28499721
2015 27.42756938
2016 27.52965443
2017 27.76273655
2018 28.06245902
2019 28.40446846
2020 28.81895757
2021 29.37914072
2022 30.0950632

Austria | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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