Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source
Cyprus | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 73.54197777
1961 73.48173946
1962 72.43016391
1963 71.3261669
1964 70.25468498
1965 69.27521052
1966 68.3973492
1967 67.57587974
1968 66.73485959
1969 65.81116689
1970 64.79210813
1971 63.69245541
1972 62.53441452
1973 61.28236714
1974 60.49555323
1975 59.77675221
1976 58.35743345
1977 56.76133297
1978 55.32972599
1979 54.14091386
1980 53.22705066
1981 52.58327819
1982 52.41063024
1983 52.75562839
1984 53.13829255
1985 53.27214986
1986 53.22275487
1987 53.0722055
1988 52.9056405
1989 52.76176668
1990 52.62727973
1991 52.45870674
1992 52.34305243
1993 52.49488137
1994 52.57029186
1995 52.19606459
1996 51.49801
1997 50.60133406
1998 49.59895847
1999 48.54974248
2000 47.48475361
2001 46.50363667
2002 45.75336042
2003 45.06551042
2004 44.22802743
2005 43.28270156
2006 42.29875759
2007 41.36189337
2008 40.53809963
2009 39.86385942
2010 39.36469047
2011 39.19632014
2012 39.3663081
2013 39.65846764
2014 40.02743455
2015 40.48622566
2016 41.00917593
2017 41.54837032
2018 42.07067457
2019 42.60452194
2020 43.18538916
2021 43.80667167
2022 44.42140296
Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source