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