Iceland | 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
Republic of Iceland
Records
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Iceland | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
14.10049108 1960
14.3446366 1961
14.54512106 1962
14.70387438 1963
14.7447224 1964
14.74748027 1965
14.72911813 1966
14.68874659 1967
14.72842271 1968
14.84028488 1969
14.98847811 1970
15.0659366 1971
15.02854845 1972
15.00137736 1973
15.01888829 1974
15.05026567 1975
15.17358096 1976
15.34997474 1977
15.51349674 1978
15.65222334 1979
15.7375259 1980
15.73101026 1981
15.71945732 1982
15.77095798 1983
15.82990759 1984
15.94909517 1985
16.17182361 1986
16.30020336 1987
16.27320451 1988
16.32605453 1989
16.50327494 1990
16.62563578 1991
16.77058915 1992
16.97627607 1993
17.17951869 1994
17.44789397 1995
17.67199857 1996
17.79936199 1997
17.82633406 1998
17.78163354 1999
17.74594996 2000
17.76474702 2001
17.8476726 2002
17.88979699 2003
17.86896681 2004
17.69635906 2005
17.3804928 2006
17.14401429 2007
17.14850783 2008
17.53856488 2009
18.12793537 2010
18.66042194 2011
19.19902901 2012
19.70560989 2013
20.19507604 2014
20.6972992 2015
21.04514177 2016
21.12419836 2017
21.18156048 2018
21.4070235 2019
21.84058013 2020
22.46287229 2021
23.15349842 2022
Iceland | 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
Republic of Iceland
Records
63
Source
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