Iceland | 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
Republic of Iceland
Records
63
Source
Iceland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
61.14404919 1960
61.4687368 1961
61.51581264 1962
61.33394019 1963
61.00437087 1964
60.48171032 1965
59.85110201 1966
59.17838897 1967
58.18765394 1968
56.97196009 1969
55.70083158 1970
54.37795975 1971
53.15560917 1972
52.1049939 1973
50.89661553 1974
49.46715373 1975
48.24117992 1976
47.06041723 1977
45.78068967 1978
44.74540623 1979
43.96035168 1980
43.18022175 1981
42.52461346 1982
42.12318271 1983
41.70618608 1984
41.19515688 1985
40.65236738 1986
39.93962888 1987
39.2476165 1988
38.89976856 1989
38.7594821 1990
38.54696482 1991
38.55206635 1992
38.69851895 1993
38.47355579 1994
37.965497 1995
37.44887776 1996
36.92668535 1997
36.38420114 1998
35.98234975 1999
35.74407231 2000
35.53863948 2001
35.24807514 2002
34.77142104 2003
34.171074 2004
33.30178358 2005
32.20342321 2006
31.30863609 2007
30.90920116 2008
31.0296251 2009
31.24318993 2010
31.2007629 2011
31.09596937 2012
31.0105811 2013
30.85781781 2014
30.50729705 2015
30.01540152 2016
29.40598877 2017
28.72132903 2018
28.20976717 2019
28.04224148 2020
28.03606923 2021
27.92958476 2022
Iceland | 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
Republic of Iceland
Records
63
Source