Finland | 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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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Finland
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63
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Finland | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 11.74415056
1961 11.85651693
1962 11.90004734
1963 11.99951609
1964 12.21012802
1965 12.42105021
1966 12.63860739
1967 12.86920902
1968 13.08295484
1969 13.41299955
1970 13.82890321
1971 14.16654995
1972 14.50315716
1973 14.89081539
1974 15.30823083
1975 15.75734645
1976 16.20976385
1977 16.67045892
1978 17.07683539
1979 17.41505444
1980 17.68694619
1981 17.8491503
1982 17.99303952
1983 18.14687762
1984 18.19417905
1985 18.33102401
1986 18.65411572
1987 18.96300636
1988 19.28979524
1989 19.61472359
1990 19.89104
1991 20.14911554
1992 20.3889702
1993 20.63742115
1994 20.95053483
1995 21.30022123
1996 21.59973423
1997 21.82570716
1998 21.95939506
1999 22.08311254
2000 22.29077761
2001 22.53405911
2002 22.7986237
2003 23.13438384
2004 23.5639073
2005 23.89284937
2006 24.377307
2007 24.78084441
2008 24.98427986
2009 25.40280574
2010 26.07976773
2011 27.13036182
2012 28.3380465
2013 29.56775566
2014 30.75814512
2015 31.85522489
2016 32.81368598
2017 33.74605611
2018 34.68318383
2019 35.54421188
2020 36.36313928
2021 37.11341956
2022 37.8128475
Finland | 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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source