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