Australia - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Australia was 55.05 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 63.63 in 1961 and 47.75 in 2008.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 63.38 |
| 1961 | 63.63 |
| 1962 | 63.42 |
| 1963 | 62.92 |
| 1964 | 62.37 |
| 1965 | 61.92 |
| 1966 | 61.42 |
| 1967 | 60.97 |
| 1968 | 60.60 |
| 1969 | 60.23 |
| 1970 | 59.74 |
| 1971 | 59.29 |
| 1972 | 58.83 |
| 1973 | 58.33 |
| 1974 | 57.75 |
| 1975 | 57.03 |
| 1976 | 56.67 |
| 1977 | 55.95 |
| 1978 | 55.07 |
| 1979 | 54.27 |
| 1980 | 53.67 |
| 1981 | 52.81 |
| 1982 | 52.31 |
| 1983 | 52.00 |
| 1984 | 51.66 |
| 1985 | 51.20 |
| 1986 | 51.02 |
| 1987 | 50.61 |
| 1988 | 50.11 |
| 1989 | 49.74 |
| 1990 | 49.58 |
| 1991 | 49.57 |
| 1992 | 49.74 |
| 1993 | 50.01 |
| 1994 | 50.19 |
| 1995 | 50.21 |
| 1996 | 50.25 |
| 1997 | 50.15 |
| 1998 | 49.98 |
| 1999 | 49.82 |
| 2000 | 49.71 |
| 2001 | 49.41 |
| 2002 | 49.15 |
| 2003 | 48.91 |
| 2004 | 48.71 |
| 2005 | 48.56 |
| 2006 | 48.19 |
| 2007 | 47.89 |
| 2008 | 47.75 |
| 2009 | 47.77 |
| 2010 | 47.95 |
| 2011 | 48.51 |
| 2012 | 49.07 |
| 2013 | 49.64 |
| 2014 | 50.26 |
| 2015 | 50.93 |
| 2016 | 51.73 |
| 2017 | 52.60 |
| 2018 | 53.49 |
| 2019 | 54.31 |
| 2020 | 55.05 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Australia was 25.14 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.14 in 2020 and a minimum value of 13.17 in 1970.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.07 |
| 1961 | 14.12 |
| 1962 | 14.12 |
| 1963 | 14.08 |
| 1964 | 14.02 |
| 1965 | 13.95 |
| 1966 | 13.79 |
| 1967 | 13.62 |
| 1968 | 13.46 |
| 1969 | 13.31 |
| 1970 | 13.17 |
| 1971 | 13.29 |
| 1972 | 13.41 |
| 1973 | 13.52 |
| 1974 | 13.65 |
| 1975 | 13.80 |
| 1976 | 14.00 |
| 1977 | 14.22 |
| 1978 | 14.43 |
| 1979 | 14.63 |
| 1980 | 14.79 |
| 1981 | 14.95 |
| 1982 | 15.07 |
| 1983 | 15.18 |
| 1984 | 15.31 |
| 1985 | 15.48 |
| 1986 | 15.67 |
| 1987 | 15.88 |
| 1988 | 16.10 |
| 1989 | 16.32 |
| 1990 | 16.54 |
| 1991 | 16.84 |
| 1992 | 17.12 |
| 1993 | 17.39 |
| 1994 | 17.62 |
| 1995 | 17.81 |
| 1996 | 17.98 |
| 1997 | 18.11 |
| 1998 | 18.21 |
| 1999 | 18.32 |
| 2000 | 18.45 |
| 2001 | 18.55 |
| 2002 | 18.67 |
| 2003 | 18.80 |
| 2004 | 18.95 |
| 2005 | 19.12 |
| 2006 | 19.16 |
| 2007 | 19.20 |
| 2008 | 19.29 |
| 2009 | 19.48 |
| 2010 | 19.79 |
| 2011 | 20.24 |
| 2012 | 20.77 |
| 2013 | 21.33 |
| 2014 | 21.89 |
| 2015 | 22.42 |
| 2016 | 22.97 |
| 2017 | 23.51 |
| 2018 | 24.03 |
| 2019 | 24.57 |
| 2020 | 25.14 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Australia was 29.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.50 in 1961 and a minimum value of 28.16 in 2010.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 49.31 |
| 1961 | 49.50 |
| 1962 | 49.30 |
| 1963 | 48.84 |
| 1964 | 48.35 |
| 1965 | 47.96 |
| 1966 | 47.63 |
| 1967 | 47.35 |
| 1968 | 47.14 |
| 1969 | 46.93 |
| 1970 | 46.57 |
| 1971 | 46.00 |
| 1972 | 45.42 |
| 1973 | 44.81 |
| 1974 | 44.10 |
| 1975 | 43.24 |
| 1976 | 42.67 |
| 1977 | 41.73 |
| 1978 | 40.64 |
| 1979 | 39.65 |
| 1980 | 38.88 |
| 1981 | 37.86 |
| 1982 | 37.24 |
| 1983 | 36.82 |
| 1984 | 36.35 |
| 1985 | 35.72 |
| 1986 | 35.35 |
| 1987 | 34.73 |
| 1988 | 34.01 |
| 1989 | 33.42 |
| 1990 | 33.04 |
| 1991 | 32.73 |
| 1992 | 32.62 |
| 1993 | 32.62 |
| 1994 | 32.57 |
| 1995 | 32.40 |
| 1996 | 32.27 |
| 1997 | 32.05 |
| 1998 | 31.77 |
| 1999 | 31.50 |
| 2000 | 31.26 |
| 2001 | 30.86 |
| 2002 | 30.48 |
| 2003 | 30.11 |
| 2004 | 29.76 |
| 2005 | 29.44 |
| 2006 | 29.03 |
| 2007 | 28.69 |
| 2008 | 28.45 |
| 2009 | 28.29 |
| 2010 | 28.16 |
| 2011 | 28.27 |
| 2012 | 28.30 |
| 2013 | 28.31 |
| 2014 | 28.37 |
| 2015 | 28.51 |
| 2016 | 28.76 |
| 2017 | 29.09 |
| 2018 | 29.45 |
| 2019 | 29.74 |
| 2020 | 29.91 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
