Europe & Central Asia | 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.
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The World Bank
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Europe & Central Asia
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63
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Europe & Central Asia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
57.98260423 1960
58.80773471 1961
59.14173963 1962
59.28061253 1963
59.32104264 1964
59.33838357 1965
59.39332361 1966
59.4615601 1967
59.47207214 1968
59.34988973 1969
59.11673418 1970
58.88181545 1971
58.65917478 1972
58.37794236 1973
58.07620931 1974
57.7387828 1975
57.35643515 1976
57.01195919 1977
56.65190202 1978
56.26902763 1979
55.7886887 1980
55.09902213 1981
54.30549864 1982
53.53218297 1983
52.96747496 1984
52.68029962 1985
52.53886648 1986
52.45275604 1987
52.43790395 1988
52.45603724 1989
52.47955453 1990
52.48557682 1991
52.5155091 1992
52.5709956 1993
52.53028088 1994
52.37994564 1995
52.11060965 1996
51.71041865 1997
51.15740237 1998
50.52169058 1999
49.95624264 2000
49.44785574 2001
48.99277506 2002
48.63438634 2003
48.38636508 2004
48.18840323 2005
47.99392409 2006
47.76339535 2007
47.55475001 2008
47.46441563 2009
47.42733106 2010
47.59904186 2011
48.07654416 2012
48.67701643 2013
49.38353567 2014
50.12056213 2015
50.82938246 2016
51.5331921 2017
52.21839114 2018
52.88681316 2019
53.47311049 2020
53.93128787 2021
54.36808001 2022

Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source