Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 51.62268685
1961 52.59021242
1962 52.83492251
1963 52.73277228
1964 52.19593598
1965 51.39825089
1966 50.60500978
1967 49.82052113
1968 49.02093939
1969 48.10611474
1970 47.0684426
1971 46.10599007
1972 45.27292589
1973 44.47697921
1974 43.74559838
1975 43.07629777
1976 42.48871347
1977 42.01534544
1978 41.5973317
1979 41.34910792
1980 41.28359639
1981 41.26300184
1982 41.25008466
1983 41.2502624
1984 41.32851637
1985 41.43149534
1986 41.50117546
1987 41.54485173
1988 41.55375952
1989 41.48259045
1990 41.3104665
1991 41.05033122
1992 40.73685937
1993 40.3605792
1994 39.88344157
1995 39.29183137
1996 38.57391188
1997 37.70072367
1998 36.61610597
1999 35.40795835
2000 34.22531039
2001 33.04026661
2002 31.86984641
2003 30.86983089
2004 30.06888921
2005 29.36441512
2006 28.77771684
2007 28.33740221
2008 28.06826545
2009 27.91864647
2010 27.82688703
2011 27.84641772
2012 28.02574535
2013 28.30147475
2014 28.66421608
2015 29.09043355
2016 29.51737318
2017 29.91801732
2018 30.27544109
2019 30.57310635
2020 30.80417092
2021 30.97547261
2022 31.1879457

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source