Denmark - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Denmark was 57.35 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.35 in 2020 and 48.28 in 1993.

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.

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Year Value
1960 55.79
1961 55.59
1962 55.22
1963 54.80
1964 54.47
1965 54.30
1966 54.43
1967 54.58
1968 54.78
1969 55.01
1970 55.25
1971 55.55
1972 55.87
1973 56.15
1974 56.29
1975 56.26
1976 56.24
1977 56.02
1978 55.64
1979 55.11
1980 54.47
1981 53.77
1982 52.95
1983 52.05
1984 51.18
1985 50.41
1986 49.79
1987 49.35
1988 49.02
1989 48.72
1990 48.43
1991 48.42
1992 48.35
1993 48.28
1994 48.29
1995 48.38
1996 48.73
1997 49.07
1998 49.40
1999 49.71
2000 49.98
2001 50.24
2002 50.51
2003 50.76
2004 51.00
2005 51.24
2006 51.57
2007 51.89
2008 52.23
2009 52.58
2010 52.95
2011 53.47
2012 53.98
2013 54.59
2014 55.29
2015 55.98
2016 56.30
2017 56.62
2018 56.91
2019 57.15
2020 57.35

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Denmark was 31.73 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.73 in 2020 and a minimum value of 16.52 in 1960.

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.

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Year Value
1960 16.52
1961 16.75
1962 16.96
1963 17.17
1964 17.37
1965 17.59
1966 17.89
1967 18.19
1968 18.48
1969 18.78
1970 19.09
1971 19.50
1972 19.90
1973 20.28
1974 20.64
1975 20.96
1976 21.33
1977 21.64
1978 21.91
1979 22.12
1980 22.28
1981 22.46
1982 22.56
1983 22.62
1984 22.66
1985 22.72
1986 22.86
1987 22.99
1988 23.10
1989 23.16
1990 23.16
1991 23.14
1992 23.05
1993 22.92
1994 22.77
1995 22.61
1996 22.57
1997 22.51
1998 22.44
1999 22.36
2000 22.28
2001 22.36
2002 22.43
2003 22.53
2004 22.68
2005 22.92
2006 23.32
2007 23.78
2008 24.30
2009 24.87
2010 25.49
2011 26.14
2012 26.93
2013 27.87
2014 28.84
2015 29.71
2016 30.36
2017 30.79
2018 31.09
2019 31.38
2020 31.73

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Denmark was 25.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.27 in 1960 and a minimum value of 25.28 in 1990.

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 39.27
1961 38.84
1962 38.26
1963 37.63
1964 37.09
1965 36.71
1966 36.54
1967 36.40
1968 36.30
1969 36.23
1970 36.16
1971 36.05
1972 35.97
1973 35.86
1974 35.65
1975 35.29
1976 34.91
1977 34.38
1978 33.73
1979 32.99
1980 32.18
1981 31.31
1982 30.38
1983 29.43
1984 28.51
1985 27.69
1986 26.93
1987 26.35
1988 25.92
1989 25.57
1990 25.28
1991 25.29
1992 25.29
1993 25.35
1994 25.51
1995 25.77
1996 26.16
1997 26.55
1998 26.96
1999 27.35
2000 27.70
2001 27.88
2002 28.07
2003 28.23
2004 28.32
2005 28.32
2006 28.24
2007 28.11
2008 27.93
2009 27.71
2010 27.45
2011 27.33
2012 27.05
2013 26.72
2014 26.45
2015 26.27
2016 25.94
2017 25.83
2018 25.83
2019 25.77
2020 25.62

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population