Europe & Central Asia | 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
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Europe & Central Asia
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63
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Europe & Central Asia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
44.22776176 1960
44.76998234 1961
44.87373364 1962
44.81263733 1963
44.62467818 1964
44.36075681 1965
44.10387084 1966
43.8482255 1967
43.5492662 1968
43.15905016 1969
42.67266679 1970
42.18077899 1971
41.70074969 1972
41.18174143 1973
40.6460397 1974
40.09097514 1975
39.52244519 1976
38.97361785 1977
38.41438816 1978
37.8925166 1979
37.43499131 1980
36.98151426 1981
36.53451946 1982
36.11693679 1983
35.77738223 1984
35.5270109 1985
35.30858168 1986
35.10143747 1987
34.92279932 1988
34.72381983 1989
34.4906027 1990
34.20797671 1991
33.91202271 1992
33.61847366 1993
33.25604711 1994
32.81914815 1995
32.32467019 1996
31.76737425 1997
31.12234728 1998
30.42896662 1999
29.7489768 2000
29.05658172 2001
28.36225513 2002
27.74850097 2003
27.23639583 2004
26.78400181 2005
26.40163933 2006
26.10596241 2007
25.93598945 2008
25.87005822 2009
25.84465716 2010
25.8890094 2011
26.01439307 2012
26.18778364 2013
26.3999427 2014
26.63652289 2015
26.87620375 2016
27.11002871 2017
27.30406613 2018
27.44712134 2019
27.53397112 2020
27.5772762 2021
27.58404021 2022
Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source