Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source
Greece | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 40.62217395
1961 40.47579254
1962 40.20357823
1963 39.90536957
1964 39.6605985
1965 39.55413142
1966 39.55421725
1967 39.57912187
1968 39.55919877
1969 39.42243113
1970 39.17769705
1971 38.89200506
1972 38.65164429
1973 38.48164855
1974 38.38297115
1975 38.40559439
1976 38.49418704
1977 38.50125014
1978 38.39322627
1979 38.16676291
1980 37.79725372
1981 37.24669786
1982 36.50239961
1983 35.64243221
1984 34.7264257
1985 33.73120306
1986 32.70133246
1987 31.71295772
1988 30.76395276
1989 29.8157358
1990 28.86789353
1991 27.96208613
1992 27.1143594
1993 26.29601662
1994 25.45922921
1995 24.59234975
1996 23.78724602
1997 23.09822061
1998 22.49678929
1999 22.00542534
2000 21.65138621
2001 21.42350965
2002 21.2802354
2003 21.17814425
2004 21.12839711
2005 21.20840914
2006 21.33519269
2007 21.42815259
2008 21.57362258
2009 21.78211338
2010 22.0092188
2011 22.22009556
2012 22.38450582
2013 22.49039372
2014 22.53207205
2015 22.50833291
2016 22.47477665
2017 22.45480783
2018 22.41287814
2019 22.35155668
2020 22.27704573
2021 22.1659459
2022 21.90753458
Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source