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

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