New Zealand - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 55.76 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 71.28 in 1961 and 50.27 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.

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Year Value
1960 71.01
1961 71.28
1962 70.91
1963 70.17
1964 69.37
1965 68.66
1966 68.42
1967 68.24
1968 68.03
1969 67.69
1970 67.23
1971 66.55
1972 65.87
1973 65.12
1974 64.19
1975 63.03
1976 62.61
1977 61.82
1978 60.75
1979 59.63
1980 58.64
1981 57.32
1982 56.29
1983 55.44
1984 54.61
1985 53.77
1986 53.36
1987 52.96
1988 52.59
1989 52.36
1990 52.33
1991 52.38
1992 52.49
1993 52.64
1994 52.76
1995 52.82
1996 53.01
1997 53.11
1998 53.08
1999 52.94
2000 52.75
2001 52.27
2002 51.84
2003 51.44
2004 51.03
2005 50.62
2006 50.45
2007 50.33
2008 50.27
2009 50.32
2010 50.49
2011 51.03
2012 51.51
2013 51.97
2014 52.45
2015 52.95
2016 53.40
2017 53.95
2018 54.57
2019 55.18
2020 55.76

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 25.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 13.72 in 1965.

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 14.77
1961 14.56
1962 14.34
1963 14.12
1964 13.91
1965 13.72
1966 13.82
1967 13.91
1968 14.00
1969 14.08
1970 14.18
1971 14.20
1972 14.22
1973 14.21
1974 14.20
1975 14.20
1976 14.50
1977 14.79
1978 15.06
1979 15.29
1980 15.49
1981 15.58
1982 15.65
1983 15.71
1984 15.79
1985 15.89
1986 16.09
1987 16.29
1988 16.51
1989 16.73
1990 16.94
1991 17.09
1992 17.25
1993 17.41
1994 17.55
1995 17.66
1996 17.79
1997 17.87
1998 17.93
1999 17.99
2000 18.05
2001 18.04
2002 18.04
2003 18.06
2004 18.10
2005 18.17
2006 18.39
2007 18.61
2008 18.87
2009 19.21
2010 19.64
2011 20.07
2012 20.59
2013 21.19
2014 21.80
2015 22.40
2016 23.01
2017 23.60
2018 24.19
2019 24.82
2020 25.50

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 30.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.72 in 1961 and a minimum value of 30.27 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 56.24
1961 56.72
1962 56.58
1963 56.05
1964 55.46
1965 54.94
1966 54.60
1967 54.33
1968 54.03
1969 53.61
1970 53.05
1971 52.34
1972 51.66
1973 50.91
1974 49.99
1975 48.82
1976 48.11
1977 47.03
1978 45.69
1979 44.34
1980 43.15
1981 41.73
1982 40.64
1983 39.73
1984 38.82
1985 37.88
1986 37.27
1987 36.67
1988 36.08
1989 35.64
1990 35.39
1991 35.28
1992 35.24
1993 35.23
1994 35.22
1995 35.16
1996 35.23
1997 35.24
1998 35.15
1999 34.95
2000 34.70
2001 34.23
2002 33.81
2003 33.38
2004 32.93
2005 32.45
2006 32.07
2007 31.72
2008 31.40
2009 31.11
2010 30.85
2011 30.96
2012 30.92
2013 30.78
2014 30.65
2015 30.54
2016 30.39
2017 30.35
2018 30.38
2019 30.36
2020 30.27

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population