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