Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source
Cyprus | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
10.18304534 1960
10.32921775 1961
10.61755239 1962
10.97994282 1963
11.349886 1964
11.71185005 1965
12.06735191 1966
12.42481439 1967
12.80436364 1968
13.21967172 1969
13.68192853 1970
14.19223569 1971
14.73807319 1972
15.01374372 1973
15.09994704 1974
15.23247547 1975
15.23591272 1976
15.15114607 1977
15.05751402 1978
14.96902778 1979
14.89333387 1980
14.83397653 1981
14.78842407 1982
14.74922432 1983
14.70317244 1984
14.64821247 1985
14.59998434 1986
14.5738933 1987
14.58705749 1988
14.64455367 1989
14.74106593 1990
14.86442913 1991
14.97677531 1992
14.96467269 1993
14.85171949 1994
14.74702197 1995
14.6649016 1996
14.6182825 1997
14.60595871 1998
14.62216765 1999
14.65877789 2000
14.70443537 2001
14.70749725 2002
14.6889796 2003
14.70732733 2004
14.76233372 2005
14.85833316 2006
15.00441643 2007
15.20099937 2008
15.44214844 2009
15.72877768 2010
16.06399389 2011
16.45094937 2012
16.88561454 2013
17.35705125 2014
17.84464255 2015
18.32808518 2016
18.80583939 2017
19.27977956 2018
19.75550911 2019
20.2671557 2020
20.82385073 2021
21.4163473 2022
Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source