Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source
Estonia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 50.8603697
1961 51.43832645
1962 51.56438254
1963 51.48384271
1964 51.29862822
1965 51.15511975
1966 50.95399154
1967 50.79901537
1968 50.93545735
1969 51.06534697
1970 51.14088321
1971 51.36879458
1972 51.63254573
1973 51.70261367
1974 51.62442252
1975 51.51081196
1976 51.45322291
1977 51.5393626
1978 51.67811378
1979 51.81024714
1980 51.85259427
1981 51.69615617
1982 51.40465304
1983 51.20387324
1984 50.95611427
1985 50.52805599
1986 50.31762902
1987 50.3932728
1988 50.64704209
1989 51.00814489
1990 51.25939121
1991 51.38473174
1992 51.58767041
1993 51.81743637
1994 51.93940351
1995 52.00336884
1996 51.93227201
1997 51.69050081
1998 51.08527182
1999 49.62396062
2000 48.40686652
2001 47.99524492
2002 47.67236829
2003 47.33728319
2004 47.02935841
2005 46.87945861
2006 47.1181764
2007 47.52768868
2008 47.76222161
2009 48.07559371
2010 48.54028401
2011 49.2663405
2012 50.27408886
2013 51.37263595
2014 52.55127323
2015 53.61951053
2016 54.64938612
2017 55.6303619
2018 56.3573054
2019 57.07656503
2020 57.84561648
2021 58.32987353
2022 58.69340656
Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source