Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source
Bulgaria | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
11.04713646 1960
11.33304594 1961
11.58199487 1962
11.83530525 1963
12.17930756 1964
12.56445354 1965
12.96336388 1966
13.33647858 1967
13.70399575 1968
14.0917807 1969
14.5082232 1970
14.93007949 1971
15.3243005 1972
15.7621762 1973
16.24866761 1974
16.73904735 1975
17.20509959 1976
17.59031633 1977
17.95888235 1978
18.33745898 1979
18.5768676 1980
18.69531968 1981
18.73575093 1982
18.7119325 1983
18.79805342 1984
19.08084579 1985
19.52561036 1986
20.01592735 1987
20.48098102 1988
20.97391163 1989
21.4643124 1990
21.89155694 1991
22.29403658 1992
22.68813547 1993
23.03363673 1994
23.33684213 1995
23.60409157 1996
23.84493091 1997
24.11890935 1998
24.48550411 1999
24.8452258 2000
25.12885928 2001
25.34457019 2002
25.47616925 2003
25.58209042 2004
25.69608527 2005
25.84841752 2006
26.05912093 2007
26.32456906 2008
26.68367497 2009
27.18714435 2010
27.89953943 2011
28.72356248 2012
29.6079415 2013
30.52704861 2014
31.36609104 2015
32.101284 2016
32.7825397 2017
33.52717479 2018
34.30331744 2019
34.9444078 2020
35.26209339 2021
35.17086196 2022
Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source