Finland | 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
Origin
Republic of Finland
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63
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Finland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 48.80908973
1961 47.42885279
1962 45.8434423
1963 44.35000821
1964 43.03708252
1965 41.88541562
1966 40.90062165
1967 39.96767217
1968 39.04302532
1969 38.15445586
1970 37.16842879
1971 36.06207676
1972 34.98294637
1973 34.05791087
1974 33.29233853
1975 32.67091359
1976 32.13916408
1977 31.64701526
1978 31.10172488
1979 30.51731263
1980 29.99064412
1981 29.50227997
1982 29.08175546
1983 28.78302777
1984 28.59404434
1985 28.50113489
1986 28.46553446
1987 28.4652542
1988 28.59546581
1989 28.71750022
1990 28.70361624
1991 28.63229145
1992 28.56477726
1993 28.54588263
1994 28.53972441
1995 28.50639769
1996 28.39486551
1997 28.15628859
1998 27.78400559
1999 27.40734974
2000 27.12270578
2001 26.9005501
2002 26.71585511
2003 26.51088061
2004 26.29317708
2005 26.02567715
2006 25.77580372
2007 25.51614208
2008 25.2448214
2009 25.07846975
2010 25.01733995
2011 25.09748249
2012 25.25518628
2013 25.45999785
2014 25.65629338
2015 25.78694789
2016 25.8436017
2017 25.85555804
2018 25.78840362
2019 25.58247709
2020 25.32205206
2021 25.01408114
2022 24.65033508
Finland | 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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source