Euro area | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Euro area
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63
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Euro area | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 38.62465608
1961 38.95303362
1962 39.031269
1963 39.04436152
1964 39.11864128
1965 39.24655864
1966 39.39144873
1967 39.52918628
1968 39.61583835
1969 39.64927009
1970 39.59263668
1971 39.4462742
1972 39.2117007
1973 38.86507212
1974 38.40881998
1975 37.84884935
1976 37.1992292
1977 36.49849012
1978 35.72874502
1979 34.86168399
1980 33.94465858
1981 32.99564767
1982 32.06148946
1983 31.17794355
1984 30.35581964
1985 29.66373363
1986 29.06191146
1987 28.50695347
1988 28.04281003
1989 27.63632102
1990 27.27152096
1991 26.87154983
1992 26.49788013
1993 26.2158673
1994 25.90937009
1995 25.57799036
1996 25.24919202
1997 24.94882103
1998 24.69441623
1999 24.49313406
2000 24.33057409
2001 24.17406054
2002 24.01231252
2003 23.83965395
2004 23.66682422
2005 23.52107093
2006 23.39889297
2007 23.28669659
2008 23.23338597
2009 23.2569029
2010 23.28438085
2011 23.31991544
2012 23.35275285
2013 23.37947483
2014 23.39452074
2015 23.38401612
2016 23.3723684
2017 23.38078603
2018 23.364278
2019 23.31458317
2020 23.23724501
2021 23.13920256
2022 23.01260425
Euro area | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
Euro area
Records
63
Source