Luxembourg | 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
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Records
63
Source
Luxembourg | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
15.71130529 1960
16.02401153 1961
16.27499838 1962
16.51409521 1963
16.86545638 1964
17.24156771 1965
17.61925968 1966
18.04739112 1967
18.42829899 1968
18.75989171 1969
19.12801987 1970
19.32470687 1971
19.39285887 1972
19.56429524 1973
19.7286275 1974
19.82833952 1975
19.82651333 1976
19.84607427 1977
19.91856027 1978
20.01653447 1979
20.05049152 1980
19.85667207 1981
19.57197542 1982
19.21922041 1983
18.94670096 1984
18.94662189 1985
19.01745424 1986
19.00726813 1987
19.02849244 1988
19.0785009 1989
19.1537741 1990
19.33419652 1991
19.54560629 1992
19.77184214 1993
20.05272523 1994
20.3520964 1995
20.64049047 1996
20.82450559 1997
20.90057298 1998
20.95741141 1999
20.7625599 2000
20.59885848 2001
20.72370177 2002
20.72812258 2003
20.73470314 2004
20.76840948 2005
20.70262624 2006
20.62232769 2007
20.53399154 2008
20.46892675 2009
20.36271253 2010
20.21010561 2011
20.1413524 2012
20.22382435 2013
20.37167958 2014
20.46295052 2015
20.48101529 2016
20.53117961 2017
20.6352585 2018
20.7740843 2019
20.95867731 2020
21.26454392 2021
21.7264843 2022

Luxembourg | 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
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Records
63
Source