Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
9.72926428 1960
9.96567743 1961
10.12174542 1962
10.2647675 1963
10.43299952 1964
10.66522752 1965
10.91676736 1966
11.15249987 1967
11.41714165 1968
11.65978322 1969
11.85417222 1970
12.06709746 1971
12.31896915 1972
12.54820632 1973
12.79877133 1974
13.06364961 1975
13.31613714 1976
13.59296667 1977
13.8521746 1978
14.0477693 1979
14.08871307 1980
13.9215111 1981
13.63807842 1982
13.39116263 1983
13.24142444 1984
13.10450373 1985
13.01540242 1986
13.02327597 1987
13.13531493 1988
13.36421465 1989
13.65858742 1990
14.00529872 1991
14.41968404 1992
14.87019092 1993
15.26350911 1994
15.57228276 1995
15.78029545 1996
15.89991129 1997
15.91791807 1998
15.84898278 1999
15.8383698 2000
15.93503627 2001
16.15869731 2002
16.4532859 2003
16.72954132 2004
16.92850741 2005
17.02640409 2006
16.95058956 2007
16.64784194 2008
16.29215678 2009
15.9887626 2010
15.90503303 2011
16.06317011 2012
16.31255155 2013
16.68378939 2014
17.12786331 2015
17.56054331 2016
18.00628734 2017
18.49690463 2018
19.04134883 2019
19.54071803 2020
19.9023608 2021
20.15235142 2022
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
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