Central Europe and the Baltics - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 53.17 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.53 in 1961 and 42.97 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 57.41
1961 57.53
1962 57.29
1963 56.77
1964 56.14
1965 55.52
1966 54.72
1967 54.09
1968 53.56
1969 52.99
1970 52.38
1971 52.25
1972 51.93
1973 51.58
1974 51.44
1975 51.62
1976 52.08
1977 52.84
1978 53.72
1979 54.33
1980 54.49
1981 54.49
1982 53.99
1983 53.23
1984 52.58
1985 52.23
1986 52.04
1987 52.15
1988 52.36
1989 52.40
1990 52.12
1991 52.07
1992 51.67
1993 51.03
1994 50.33
1995 49.67
1996 49.06
1997 48.50
1998 47.94
1999 47.31
2000 46.59
2001 46.00
2002 45.38
2003 44.73
2004 44.11
2005 43.55
2006 43.27
2007 43.07
2008 42.97
2009 43.01
2010 43.20
2011 43.78
2012 44.38
2013 45.06
2014 45.90
2015 46.92
2016 47.94
2017 49.22
2018 50.65
2019 52.00
2020 53.17

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 29.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.77 in 2020 and a minimum value of 11.34 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 11.34
1961 11.64
1962 11.95
1963 12.26
1964 12.57
1965 12.88
1966 13.20
1967 13.50
1968 13.79
1969 14.08
1970 14.39
1971 14.75
1972 15.09
1973 15.41
1974 15.74
1975 16.08
1976 16.47
1977 16.88
1978 17.23
1979 17.41
1980 17.35
1981 17.12
1982 16.67
1983 16.14
1984 15.71
1985 15.49
1986 15.61
1987 15.88
1988 16.24
1989 16.58
1990 16.85
1991 17.25
1992 17.60
1993 17.89
1994 18.15
1995 18.39
1996 18.74
1997 19.05
1998 19.32
1999 19.55
2000 19.74
2001 20.04
2002 20.31
2003 20.55
2004 20.72
2005 20.83
2006 21.00
2007 21.11
2008 21.20
2009 21.36
2010 21.63
2011 22.12
2012 22.70
2013 23.37
2014 24.11
2015 24.90
2016 25.82
2017 26.80
2018 27.80
2019 28.80
2020 29.77

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 23.36 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.88 in 1960 and a minimum value of 21.51 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.

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 45.88
1961 45.67
1962 45.12
1963 44.31
1964 43.39
1965 42.47
1966 41.37
1967 40.47
1968 39.67
1969 38.83
1970 37.92
1971 37.45
1972 36.80
1973 36.13
1974 35.67
1975 35.51
1976 35.57
1977 35.92
1978 36.42
1979 36.85
1980 37.07
1981 37.30
1982 37.27
1983 37.05
1984 36.84
1985 36.70
1986 36.40
1987 36.24
1988 36.09
1989 35.79
1990 35.24
1991 34.79
1992 34.05
1993 33.12
1994 32.16
1995 31.26
1996 30.30
1997 29.43
1998 28.60
1999 27.75
2000 26.84
2001 25.93
2002 25.03
2003 24.15
2004 23.35
2005 22.68
2006 22.23
2007 21.91
2008 21.71
2009 21.59
2010 21.51
2011 21.60
2012 21.62
2013 21.63
2014 21.72
2015 21.95
2016 22.05
2017 22.37
2018 22.79
2019 23.15
2020 23.36

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population