Spain | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 42.62522424
1961 42.65842298
1962 42.80240139
1963 42.77970767
1964 42.86693415
1965 43.23387624
1966 43.65003923
1967 43.97248744
1968 44.1998467
1969 44.43993116
1970 44.62430823
1971 44.69238576
1972 44.62056145
1973 44.44181649
1974 44.17119322
1975 43.85785571
1976 43.61780987
1977 43.33871898
1978 42.86607088
1979 42.14306928
1980 41.29153577
1981 40.31809493
1982 39.24041131
1983 38.18577271
1984 37.11800769
1985 36.02630561
1986 34.8980388
1987 33.71789035
1988 32.50760757
1989 31.25140639
1990 29.9210994
1991 28.61138503
1992 27.42367508
1993 26.31708922
1994 25.26239013
1995 24.30701625
1996 23.47099139
1997 22.76153207
1998 22.18447922
1999 21.7301686
2000 21.4106822
2001 21.23609779
2002 21.14380887
2003 21.09296051
2004 21.02346822
2005 21.01004349
2006 21.102775
2007 21.18972239
2008 21.37959747
2009 21.68735895
2010 21.9945257
2011 22.26569477
2012 22.49108063
2013 22.69438403
2014 22.83657703
2015 22.8748113
2016 22.84373644
2017 22.76761243
2018 22.57155121
2019 22.23823937
2020 21.83410859
2021 21.37728038
2022 20.92581284

Spain | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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