Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source
Estonia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
15.89520412 1960
16.07531142 1961
16.15285551 1962
16.24718117 1963
16.43926012 1964
16.67923797 1965
16.88634235 1966
17.1203205 1967
17.41330537 1968
17.62948789 1969
17.79362199 1970
18.0042411 1971
18.24705369 1972
18.42085671 1973
18.57252675 1974
18.71772313 1975
18.81593842 1976
18.9360984 1977
19.02111588 1978
19.05561943 1979
18.97598474 1980
18.66811871 1981
18.22244676 1982
17.87845716 1983
17.59107116 1984
17.23699602 1985
17.05993326 1986
17.06972526 1987
17.16404882 1988
17.36091183 1989
17.59581109 1990
17.91662425 1991
18.52334885 1992
19.27702886 1993
19.92283111 1994
20.53774442 1995
21.14922075 1996
21.71183123 1997
22.06708477 1998
22.11012551 1999
22.23609162 2000
22.6056965 2001
23.08521606 2002
23.59028214 2003
24.07364045 2004
24.5421587 2005
25.10961678 2006
25.61267214 2007
25.76326704 2008
25.8112443 2009
25.90941494 2010
26.23070271 2011
26.84446181 2012
27.54838939 2013
28.31716581 2014
29.01798018 2015
29.67048337 2016
30.30023084 2017
30.77125055 2018
31.2617047 2019
31.85510488 2020
32.25395458 2021
32.65789455 2022
Estonia | 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 Estonia
Records
63
Source