Greece - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Greece was 56.10 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.52 in 1972 and 46.00 in 1999.

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 52.44
1961 52.92
1962 52.81
1963 52.36
1964 52.05
1965 52.11
1966 52.41
1967 53.26
1968 54.46
1969 55.72
1970 56.86
1971 57.38
1972 57.52
1973 57.42
1974 57.32
1975 57.36
1976 57.14
1977 57.12
1978 57.14
1979 56.98
1980 56.53
1981 56.29
1982 55.74
1983 55.02
1984 54.29
1985 53.58
1986 52.77
1987 51.94
1988 51.11
1989 50.35
1990 49.72
1991 48.85
1992 48.16
1993 47.58
1994 47.02
1995 46.45
1996 46.42
1997 46.27
1998 46.08
1999 46.00
2000 46.05
2001 46.48
2002 47.01
2003 47.59
2004 48.10
2005 48.46
2006 49.25
2007 49.94
2008 50.59
2009 51.25
2010 51.99
2011 52.55
2012 53.10
2013 53.65
2014 54.21
2015 54.75
2016 55.00
2017 55.29
2018 55.59
2019 55.86
2020 56.10

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Greece was 34.79 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.79 in 2020 and a minimum value of 10.74 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 10.74
1961 10.96
1962 11.16
1963 11.35
1964 11.56
1965 11.80
1966 12.47
1967 13.22
1968 14.05
1969 14.96
1970 15.97
1971 16.46
1972 16.93
1973 17.38
1974 17.80
1975 18.18
1976 18.53
1977 18.86
1978 19.15
1979 19.37
1980 19.52
1981 19.58
1982 19.60
1983 19.59
1984 19.58
1985 19.58
1986 19.57
1987 19.61
1988 19.72
1989 19.96
1990 20.31
1991 20.48
1992 20.71
1993 20.98
1994 21.30
1995 21.65
1996 22.12
1997 22.60
1998 23.08
1999 23.56
2000 24.03
2001 24.63
2002 25.23
2003 25.79
2004 26.25
2005 26.59
2006 27.20
2007 27.67
2008 28.07
2009 28.53
2010 29.11
2011 29.59
2012 30.20
2013 30.89
2014 31.58
2015 32.22
2016 32.75
2017 33.23
2018 33.69
2019 34.20
2020 34.79

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Greece was 21.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.96 in 1961 and a minimum value of 21.32 in 2020.

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 41.69
1961 41.96
1962 41.65
1963 41.01
1964 40.49
1965 40.31
1966 39.94
1967 40.04
1968 40.41
1969 40.75
1970 40.89
1971 40.92
1972 40.59
1973 40.04
1974 39.53
1975 39.18
1976 38.60
1977 38.25
1978 37.99
1979 37.60
1980 37.01
1981 36.70
1982 36.14
1983 35.43
1984 34.71
1985 34.00
1986 33.20
1987 32.33
1988 31.39
1989 30.40
1990 29.41
1991 28.36
1992 27.45
1993 26.60
1994 25.72
1995 24.80
1996 24.30
1997 23.67
1998 23.01
1999 22.44
2000 22.03
2001 21.85
2002 21.78
2003 21.81
2004 21.85
2005 21.87
2006 22.05
2007 22.28
2008 22.51
2009 22.72
2010 22.88
2011 22.96
2012 22.90
2013 22.77
2014 22.63
2015 22.53
2016 22.25
2017 22.06
2018 21.89
2019 21.66
2020 21.32

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population