Finland | 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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source
Finland | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
60.55324029 1960
59.28536972 1961
57.74348964 1962
56.3495243 1963
55.24721054 1964
54.30646584 1965
53.53922904 1966
52.8368812 1967
52.12598016 1968
51.56745541 1969
50.99733199 1970
50.22862671 1971
49.48610353 1972
48.94872626 1973
48.60056937 1974
48.42826004 1975
48.34892793 1976
48.31747419 1977
48.17856027 1978
47.93236707 1979
47.67759031 1980
47.35143027 1981
47.07479499 1982
46.92990538 1983
46.78822339 1984
46.83215891 1985
47.11965018 1986
47.42826056 1987
47.88526105 1988
48.33222381 1989
48.59465624 1990
48.781407 1991
48.95374745 1992
49.18330378 1993
49.49025924 1994
49.80661892 1995
49.99459974 1996
49.98199575 1997
49.74340065 1998
49.49046228 1999
49.41348339 2000
49.43460921 2001
49.51447881 2002
49.64526446 2003
49.85708438 2004
49.91852652 2005
50.15311071 2006
50.29698648 2007
50.22910126 2008
50.48127549 2009
51.09710768 2010
52.22784431 2011
53.59323278 2012
55.0277535 2013
56.4144385 2014
57.64217278 2015
58.65728768 2016
59.60161415 2017
60.47158744 2018
61.12668897 2019
61.68519134 2020
62.1275007 2021
62.46318259 2022
Finland | 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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source