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

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