Spain | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
55.3486428 1960
55.69347027 1961
56.08228478 1962
56.17820772 1963
56.36692262 1964
57.03662787 1965
57.84068899 1966
58.47130965 1967
59.02236865 1968
59.56316476 1969
60.08751888 1970
60.46280647 1971
60.64527702 1972
60.71921233 1973
60.58232639 1974
60.43403365 1975
60.45520176 1976
60.42544185 1977
60.19432039 1978
59.68498144 1979
59.04466208 1980
58.22709747 1981
57.2769443 1982
56.36058629 1983
55.44598603 1984
54.58234992 1985
53.77805495 1986
53.0033634 1987
52.22583364 1988
51.39663543 1989
50.47891948 1990
49.53088714 1991
48.66249564 1992
47.8829595 1993
47.18210794 1994
46.6272039 1995
46.20725287 1996
45.92373578 1997
45.79583882 1998
45.73418655 1999
45.78075454 2000
46.02587181 2001
46.09233909 2002
45.82731375 2003
45.3766739 2004
45.20729479 2005
45.27558184 2006
45.17820849 2007
45.40477484 2008
46.06839328 2009
46.8889324 2010
47.68332078 2011
48.45951494 2012
49.41728756 2013
50.33933253 2014
50.92705847 2015
51.32979039 2016
51.69119706 2017
51.87080548 2018
51.81973822 2019
51.67174762 2020
51.53763625 2021
51.65971266 2022
Spain | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source