Germany - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Germany was 55.38 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 58.91 in 1971 and 43.45 in 1986.

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 49.08
1961 50.03
1962 51.20
1963 52.49
1964 53.71
1965 54.75
1966 55.97
1967 56.93
1968 57.66
1969 58.20
1970 58.55
1971 58.91
1972 58.91
1973 58.61
1974 58.13
1975 57.51
1976 56.63
1977 55.86
1978 55.00
1979 53.75
1980 52.03
1981 50.59
1982 48.68
1983 46.65
1984 44.97
1985 43.90
1986 43.45
1987 43.45
1988 43.80
1989 44.24
1990 44.62
1991 45.18
1992 45.63
1993 45.99
1994 46.28
1995 46.49
1996 46.65
1997 46.80
1998 46.95
1999 47.14
2000 47.41
2001 47.92
2002 48.43
2003 48.94
2004 49.44
2005 49.89
2006 50.36
2007 50.80
2008 51.20
2009 51.53
2010 51.79
2011 52.01
2012 52.10
2013 52.13
2014 52.24
2015 52.52
2016 52.91
2017 53.43
2018 54.04
2019 54.71
2020 55.38

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.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population