Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
62.11873351 1960
63.38846599 1961
63.88420817 1962
64.02228922 1963
63.75486096 1964
63.26676649 1965
62.80440899 1966
62.36068829 1967
61.8941328 1968
61.24752695 1969
60.42163615 1970
59.67009134 1971
59.0619538 1972
58.46656423 1973
57.94488974 1974
57.47644867 1975
57.06959812 1976
56.80238446 1977
56.57162478 1978
56.44106254 1979
56.34664709 1980
56.11276142 1981
55.77537212 1982
55.45252054 1983
55.31109153 1984
55.2438391 1985
55.19498242 1986
55.21459776 1987
55.29941329 1988
55.42417204 1989
55.52382135 1990
55.58971516 1991
55.67228274 1992
55.73636218 1993
55.64511364 1994
55.35605132 1995
54.84254709 1996
54.08184992 1997
53.01282709 1998
51.74150323 1999
50.54433291 2000
49.44205357 2001
48.4717895 2002
47.72540324 2003
47.14999854 2004
46.59915741 2005
46.07234019 2006
45.52995868 2007
44.94442519 2008
44.42851192 2009
44.02349416 2010
43.93876299 2011
44.24546597 2012
44.74540462 2013
45.45965587 2014
46.31689326 2015
47.17039012 2016
48.01605215 2017
48.86700093 2018
49.71410475 2019
50.45274037 2020
50.99568801 2021
51.4610364 2022
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source