Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source
Greece | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.39736222
1961 12.75349827
1962 13.18151267
1963 13.65219914
1964 14.15229601
1965 14.69609923
1966 15.2958477
1967 15.88420212
1968 16.4290107
1969 16.94813413
1970 17.46307958
1971 17.96102899
1972 18.41581237
1973 18.84016758
1974 19.25808973
1975 19.66336435
1976 20.0382763
1977 20.35366092
1978 20.60344473
1979 20.77382725
1980 20.82092874
1981 20.76475833
1982 20.65983488
1983 20.54182302
1984 20.42898134
1985 20.33856484
1986 20.30292569
1987 20.32507446
1988 20.42780849
1989 20.61296259
1990 20.8560945
1991 21.15386811
1992 21.49152027
1993 21.87582644
1994 22.27152082
1995 22.64256781
1996 23.02553226
1997 23.44930206
1998 23.87958439
1999 24.3032097
2000 24.74029779
2001 25.22216982
2002 25.75078118
2003 26.27940328
2004 26.78400585
2005 27.2669411
2006 27.6384639
2007 27.84685159
2008 28.08409701
2009 28.49548099
2010 29.08788974
2011 29.81660552
2012 30.50054053
2013 31.08130895
2014 31.63987467
2015 32.18275618
2016 32.7498517
2017 33.28573849
2018 33.76312643
2019 34.26942928
2020 34.85386454
2021 35.48409278
2022 36.04857276
Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source