Greenland | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Greenland
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63
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Greenland | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
3.64152014 1960
3.79126026 1961
3.94209711 1962
4.07909722 1963
4.20754526 1964
4.31844888 1965
4.44117926 1966
4.54277286 1967
4.60537728 1968
4.65183833 1969
4.70017496 1970
4.81043935 1971
4.93712675 1972
5.04373387 1973
5.13363415 1974
5.18989053 1975
5.22312207 1976
5.25944002 1977
5.28172341 1978
5.2911834 1979
5.29029964 1980
5.247655 1981
5.19549186 1982
5.14594184 1983
5.10095643 1984
5.08341408 1985
5.08844953 1986
5.10724966 1987
5.1632867 1988
5.26356055 1989
5.42461271 1990
5.62383805 1991
5.84841127 1992
6.10260599 1993
6.33873436 1994
6.54190828 1995
6.75081026 1996
6.94992892 1997
7.12202045 1998
7.26981543 1999
7.39675902 2000
7.52453653 2001
7.63193783 2002
7.7510666 2003
7.90702395 2004
8.15507008 2005
8.51766842 2006
8.88474055 2007
9.23255638 2008
9.55789686 2009
9.86034702 2010
10.1301346 2011
10.33995037 2012
10.51451352 2013
10.70313476 2014
10.97105626 2015
11.29169588 2016
11.6385258 2017
11.9712448 2018
12.29814291 2019
12.81882591 2020
13.57796305 2021
14.48631536 2022
Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source