Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
9.67943342 1960
9.90472321 1961
10.03770402 1962
10.15577481 1963
10.30326215 1964
10.51672948 1965
10.74657295 1966
10.96133045 1967
11.21327407 1968
11.44417341 1969
11.62148257 1970
11.82210937 1971
12.05835426 1972
12.26325329 1973
12.49223924 1974
12.73176373 1975
12.96149735 1976
13.21782555 1977
13.46188989 1978
13.64733339 1979
13.68984089 1980
13.53293072 1981
13.26879421 1982
13.07107394 1983
12.94403979 1984
12.78092641 1985
12.66280191 1986
12.64254022 1987
12.72940034 1988
12.95301305 1989
13.25310062 1990
13.62035884 1991
14.06751565 1992
14.54346269 1993
14.94642499 1994
15.2423464 1995
15.42156491 1996
15.50515275 1997
15.47666621 1998
15.35227154 1999
15.30577582 2000
15.38523554 2001
15.60216289 2002
15.90681104 2003
16.19435535 2004
16.39560756 2005
16.48489637 2006
16.38117176 2007
16.01874653 2008
15.58895779 2009
15.22146527 2010
15.08183038 2011
15.1874944 2012
15.38261048 2013
15.70012911 2014
16.09134374 2015
16.46140659 2016
16.84082788 2017
17.2693857 2018
17.75843758 2019
18.2041806 2020
18.52676923 2021
18.89011127 2022
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
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