Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source
Malta | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.51758392
1961 12.61971135
1962 12.68151222
1963 12.71251139
1964 12.73786226
1965 12.79882614
1966 12.88430515
1967 13.01856851
1968 13.21445704
1969 13.42229848
1970 13.62821372
1971 13.84237713
1972 14.0498178
1973 14.23251631
1974 14.37822727
1975 14.47425916
1976 14.50281749
1977 14.49351894
1978 14.45985627
1979 14.40333935
1980 14.335129
1981 14.27586142
1982 14.17032323
1983 14.12188625
1984 14.22497681
1985 14.417826
1986 14.6575427
1987 14.9302682
1988 15.24581613
1989 15.58296109
1990 15.92399601
1991 16.20634625
1992 16.40183471
1993 16.61749768
1994 16.89404029
1995 17.20793883
1996 17.52564359
1997 17.81913548
1998 18.10650568
1999 18.4081199
2000 18.75636719
2001 19.1486411
2002 19.51680509
2003 19.85051539
2004 20.1403107
2005 20.35079926
2006 20.46595873
2007 20.67939429
2008 21.40800718
2009 22.47634704
2010 23.55837366
2011 24.62496016
2012 25.57494909
2013 26.33751953
2014 26.93740319
2015 27.37588135
2016 27.60016988
2017 27.68956098
2018 27.722486
2019 27.73288286
2020 27.72408122
2021 27.74576146
2022 28.24507067
Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source