Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 52.02684076
1961 53.18662125
1962 53.60844752
1963 53.68625244
1964 53.27536194
1965 52.57831961
1966 51.93747673
1967 51.32352037
1968 50.6586384
1969 49.81309975
1970 48.80955486
1971 47.86192301
1972 47.0039007
1973 46.13213136
1974 45.26540368
1975 44.40949574
1976 43.59762647
1977 42.92274718
1978 42.35213953
1979 41.97974483
1980 41.81795026
1981 41.72152603
1982 41.71523568
1983 41.8009801
1984 41.94901344
1985 42.0884946
1986 42.17961188
1987 42.24676775
1988 42.29248156
1989 42.2736099
1990 42.17349443
1991 41.98710506
1992 41.75542264
1993 41.47049885
1994 41.0729285
1995 40.54297162
1996 39.85739272
1997 38.98426479
1998 37.86845945
1999 36.61567817
2000 35.39665311
2001 34.17204586
2002 32.95893054
2003 31.94250533
2004 31.14450279
2005 30.4327728
2006 29.82914057
2007 29.36799585
2008 29.07767617
2009 28.90996816
2010 28.79885475
2011 28.81820491
2012 29.0206234
2013 29.33092406
2014 29.73586507
2015 30.20237881
2016 30.65455797
2017 31.05651545
2018 31.40200536
2019 31.68653372
2020 31.90595492
2021 32.06232017
2022 32.37086227

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | 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 (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source