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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 50.40 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 71.02 in 1960 and 50.03 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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

Year	Value
1960	71.02
1961	70.89
1962	70.45
1963	69.84
1964	69.25
1965	68.79
1966	68.48
1967	68.28
1968	68.10
1969	67.81
1970	67.33
1971	66.66
1972	65.83
1973	64.93
1974	64.01
1975	63.11
1976	62.24
1977	61.39
1978	60.52
1979	59.59
1980	58.60
1981	57.54
1982	56.45
1983	55.41
1984	54.49
1985	53.74
1986	53.17
1987	52.76
1988	52.50
1989	52.34
1990	52.28
1991	52.29
1992	52.39
1993	52.52
1994	52.66
1995	52.78
1996	52.88
1997	52.96
1998	52.97
1999	52.88
2000	52.66
2001	52.30
2002	51.84
2003	51.34
2004	50.88
2005	50.51
2006	50.25
2007	50.08
2008	50.03
2009	50.12
2010	50.40

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 19.56 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.56 in 2010 and a minimum value of 13.74 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.

Year	Value
1960	14.78
1961	14.56
1962	14.30
1963	14.05
1964	13.85
1965	13.74
1966	13.75
1967	13.85
1968	13.99
1969	14.12
1970	14.19
1971	14.19
1972	14.14
1973	14.09
1974	14.09
1975	14.18
1976	14.38
1977	14.65
1978	14.96
1979	15.25
1980	15.46
1981	15.60
1982	15.66
1983	15.70
1984	15.75
1985	15.85
1986	16.01
1987	16.21
1988	16.44
1989	16.66
1990	16.87
1991	17.05
1992	17.22
1993	17.36
1994	17.49
1995	17.60
1996	17.70
1997	17.80
1998	17.88
1999	17.93
2000	17.96
2001	17.96
2002	17.95
2003	17.95
2004	17.99
2005	18.09
2006	18.25
2007	18.48
2008	18.77
2009	19.13
2010	19.56

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in New Zealand was 30.81 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.32 in 1961 and a minimum value of 30.81 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.

Year	Value
1960	56.24
1961	56.32
1962	56.14
1963	55.80
1964	55.40
1965	55.04
1966	54.73
1967	54.44
1968	54.11
1969	53.69
1970	53.14
1971	52.46
1972	51.69
1973	50.83
1974	49.91
1975	48.93
1976	47.87
1977	46.74
1978	45.56
1979	44.35
1980	43.13
1981	41.94
1982	40.79
1983	39.71
1984	38.74
1985	37.89
1986	37.16
1987	36.55
1988	36.06
1989	35.68
1990	35.41
1991	35.24
1992	35.17
1993	35.16
1994	35.17
1995	35.18
1996	35.17
1997	35.16
1998	35.09
1999	34.95
2000	34.70
2001	34.34
2002	33.89
2003	33.39
2004	32.89
2005	32.42
2006	32.00
2007	31.60
2008	31.26
2009	30.99
2010	30.81

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Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population