Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
17.10236273 1960
17.5360765 1961
17.97675973 1962
18.39747113 1963
18.86651059 1964
19.35035383 1965
19.84778773 1966
20.38523063 1967
20.84411564 1968
21.23725269 1969
21.64640886 1970
22.04168408 1971
22.42662586 1972
22.79237714 1973
23.13376276 1974
23.38859513 1975
23.53640004 1976
23.71859001 1977
23.90186226 1978
23.98084517 1979
23.78927049 1980
23.17459861 1981
22.3400493 1982
21.50782372 1983
20.99183028 1984
20.97852785 1985
21.1789485 1986
21.34849097 1987
21.45110746 1988
21.50834604 1989
21.60664543 1990
21.7449375 1991
21.89992073 1992
22.1219778 1993
22.3892852 1994
22.66458286 1995
22.89157249 1996
23.0509292 1997
23.20311388 1998
23.55492797 1999
24.17936753 2000
24.90448353 2001
25.65829652 2002
26.4698795 2003
27.44227601 2004
28.51592764 2005
29.51084538 2006
30.1801634 2007
30.59575464 2008
30.97090336 2009
31.01601451 2010
30.86726855 2011
30.91030408 2012
31.0869383 2013
31.40877445 2014
31.8179326 2015
32.22231376 2016
32.63593818 2017
33.08614901 2018
33.62223152 2019
34.16633979 2020
34.66462735 2021
35.22508086 2022

Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source