Greenland | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source
Greenland | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
84.3448667 1960
85.70562627 1961
86.95582501 1962
88.42530283 1963
90.14868008 1964
91.9310615 1965
91.96132335 1966
90.15656909 1967
88.20468343 1968
86.32251639 1969
84.50771433 1970
82.22531079 1971
79.16094811 1972
75.65242329 1973
71.8153419 1974
67.58683606 1975
62.9528837 1976
58.61803237 1977
54.95574943 1978
51.78871989 1979
48.78041552 1980
45.84763212 1981
43.31431752 1982
41.33029514 1983
40.01062699 1984
39.33163973 1985
39.17793965 1986
39.47870475 1987
40.1401427 1988
41.02466019 1989
42.13405593 1990
43.30716794 1991
44.38526409 1992
45.45071276 1993
46.46118119 1994
47.07169215 1995
47.29519644 1996
47.42273469 1997
47.43107934 1998
47.28661818 1999
46.88708834 2000
46.31043257 2001
45.66296992 2002
45.01954372 2003
44.41230207 2004
43.79340826 2005
43.20125104 2006
42.6679448 2007
42.24601631 2008
41.96451076 2009
41.65691668 2010
41.28545175 2011
40.96526055 2012
40.73252772 2013
40.61446235 2014
40.61897005 2015
40.70419714 2016
40.92676685 2017
41.31164081 2018
41.86768268 2019
42.63157895 2020
43.56706622 2021
44.66145833 2022
Greenland | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source