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