Argentina - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Argentina was 55.77 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 66.08 in 1989 and 55.77 in 2020.

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 57.68
1961 57.79
1962 57.75
1963 57.61
1964 57.44
1965 57.27
1966 57.26
1967 57.23
1968 57.20
1969 57.18
1970 57.19
1971 57.41
1972 57.66
1973 57.94
1974 58.28
1975 58.68
1976 59.44
1977 60.29
1978 61.17
1979 61.99
1980 62.69
1981 63.61
1982 64.17
1983 64.51
1984 64.84
1985 65.22
1986 65.33
1987 65.64
1988 65.97
1989 66.08
1990 65.86
1991 65.87
1992 65.55
1993 65.02
1994 64.47
1995 63.98
1996 63.57
1997 63.15
1998 62.73
1999 62.28
2000 61.79
2001 61.24
2002 60.74
2003 60.25
2004 59.73
2005 59.16
2006 58.75
2007 58.23
2008 57.67
2009 57.18
2010 56.82
2011 56.54
2012 56.38
2013 56.29
2014 56.21
2015 56.10
2016 56.10
2017 56.05
2018 55.95
2019 55.86
2020 55.77

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Argentina was 17.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.71 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.72 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 8.72
1961 8.95
1962 9.16
1963 9.36
1964 9.56
1965 9.77
1966 10.01
1967 10.25
1968 10.48
1969 10.70
1970 10.92
1971 11.16
1972 11.39
1973 11.60
1974 11.81
1975 12.00
1976 12.27
1977 12.53
1978 12.77
1979 13.00
1980 13.21
1981 13.41
1982 13.59
1983 13.75
1984 13.90
1985 14.05
1986 14.23
1987 14.40
1988 14.56
1989 14.69
1990 14.80
1991 14.98
1992 15.13
1993 15.26
1994 15.36
1995 15.44
1996 15.55
1997 15.63
1998 15.70
1999 15.73
2000 15.74
2001 15.77
2002 15.78
2003 15.77
2004 15.75
2005 15.74
2006 15.78
2007 15.82
2008 15.85
2009 15.91
2010 15.99
2011 16.12
2012 16.27
2013 16.42
2014 16.58
2015 16.75
2016 16.95
2017 17.15
2018 17.34
2019 17.52
2020 17.71

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Argentina was 38.06 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.42 in 1988 and a minimum value of 38.06 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 48.96
1961 48.84
1962 48.59
1963 48.25
1964 47.87
1965 47.50
1966 47.25
1967 46.98
1968 46.71
1969 46.47
1970 46.28
1971 46.25
1972 46.27
1973 46.34
1974 46.47
1975 46.68
1976 47.16
1977 47.76
1978 48.40
1979 48.99
1980 49.48
1981 50.20
1982 50.58
1983 50.76
1984 50.94
1985 51.17
1986 51.10
1987 51.24
1988 51.42
1989 51.39
1990 51.06
1991 50.89
1992 50.41
1993 49.76
1994 49.11
1995 48.54
1996 48.02
1997 47.52
1998 47.04
1999 46.55
2000 46.05
2001 45.47
2002 44.96
2003 44.48
2004 43.98
2005 43.42
2006 42.97
2007 42.41
2008 41.82
2009 41.27
2010 40.83
2011 40.42
2012 40.11
2013 39.87
2014 39.63
2015 39.36
2016 39.15
2017 38.90
2018 38.62
2019 38.33
2020 38.06

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population