Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 31.23549316
1961 32.31431843
1962 33.23294804
1963 34.03652911
1964 34.74011793
1965 35.31514963
1966 35.8489646
1967 36.34197915
1968 36.71907098
1969 36.93577339
1970 36.97127044
1971 36.81894779
1972 36.43059872
1973 35.78190074
1974 34.91914031
1975 33.89549543
1976 32.75158317
1977 31.55825151
1978 30.33616985
1979 29.08901506
1980 27.87055334
1981 26.66548998
1982 25.50614337
1983 24.46158421
1984 23.61637044
1985 23.06085288
1986 22.74918414
1987 22.66184848
1988 22.81267659
1989 23.08925961
1990 23.41013775
1991 23.6741464
1992 23.81212596
1993 23.88260828
1994 23.87526003
1995 23.75595459
1996 23.57804911
1997 23.40134449
1998 23.22765548
1999 23.08297144
2000 22.96619866
2001 22.79572263
2002 22.53796541
2003 22.22720056
2004 21.92109441
2005 21.62282652
2006 21.35896257
2007 21.14451198
2008 20.95056881
2009 20.78864528
2010 20.61818157
2011 20.40981465
2012 20.19992717
2013 20.05024025
2014 20.00342228
2015 20.0542133
2016 20.22903431
2017 20.50824109
2018 20.80917679
2019 21.10295068
2020 21.39163067
2021 21.69176838
2022 21.93695502
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source