Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source
Spain | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.72341856
1961 13.03504728
1962 13.27988338
1963 13.39850005
1964 13.49998847
1965 13.80275163
1966 14.19064975
1967 14.49882222
1968 14.82252195
1969 15.12323361
1970 15.46321065
1971 15.7704207
1972 16.02471557
1973 16.27739584
1974 16.41113317
1975 16.57617793
1976 16.8373919
1977 17.08672287
1978 17.32824951
1979 17.54191216
1980 17.75312631
1981 17.90900254
1982 18.03653299
1983 18.17481357
1984 18.32797834
1985 18.55604431
1986 18.88001616
1987 19.28547305
1988 19.71822607
1989 20.14522904
1990 20.55782008
1991 20.91950211
1992 21.23882056
1993 21.56587028
1994 21.91971781
1995 22.32018765
1996 22.73626148
1997 23.16220371
1998 23.6113596
1999 24.00401794
2000 24.37007234
2001 24.78977402
2002 24.94853022
2003 24.73435324
2004 24.35320568
2005 24.1972513
2006 24.17280684
2007 23.9884861
2008 24.02517736
2009 24.38103433
2010 24.89440669
2011 25.41762601
2012 25.96843431
2013 26.72290354
2014 27.50275549
2015 28.05224718
2016 28.48605395
2017 28.92358462
2018 29.29925427
2019 29.58149885
2020 29.83763902
2021 30.16035587
2022 30.73389982
Spain | 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
Kingdom of Spain
Records
63
Source