Europe & Central Asia | 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.
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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, old (% of working-age population)
13.24334491 1960
13.48935355 1961
13.68076866 1962
13.84417798 1963
14.04448903 1964
14.31197531 1965
14.60565608 1966
14.89535447 1967
15.18191842 1968
15.44327262 1969
15.69029119 1970
15.94689389 1971
16.21569737 1972
16.4667495 1973
16.72108078 1974
16.97055314 1975
17.1914362 1976
17.42950719 1977
17.66215286 1978
17.83686694 1979
17.84355216 1980
17.62089171 1981
17.28090824 1982
16.94520279 1983
16.73670612 1984
16.70696166 1985
16.79553151 1986
16.93032848 1987
17.11124543 1988
17.34402685 1989
17.61199777 1990
17.90788375 1991
18.2388447 1992
18.59313158 1993
18.92148314 1994
19.21813822 1995
19.45529931 1996
19.62832168 1997
19.73600059 1998
19.80433413 1999
19.92969008 2000
20.12401499 2001
20.37340777 2002
20.64497313 2003
20.9282782 2004
21.19745751 2005
21.39560444 2006
21.46391065 2007
21.41968965 2008
21.38566053 2009
21.36501948 2010
21.49054712 2011
21.84839737 2012
22.28185167 2013
22.7856567 2014
23.29810697 2015
23.77759305 2016
24.25520937 2017
24.75265787 2018
25.28289027 2019
25.78408974 2020
26.19691988 2021
26.6259109 2022

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