Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 41.23 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 83.25 in 1971 and 41.23 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 69.32
1961 71.15
1962 69.64
1963 66.76
1964 65.32
1965 66.51
1966 66.43
1967 70.02
1968 75.40
1969 79.56
1970 81.05
1971 83.25
1972 82.29
1973 79.55
1974 76.99
1975 75.36
1976 73.48
1977 72.06
1978 70.83
1979 69.27
1980 67.23
1981 64.19
1982 61.71
1983 59.42
1984 56.99
1985 54.33
1986 52.92
1987 50.77
1988 48.46
1989 46.75
1990 45.91
1991 45.24
1992 45.46
1993 46.21
1994 46.88
1995 47.16
1996 47.52
1997 47.45
1998 47.09
1999 46.79
2000 46.70
2001 46.74
2002 46.96
2003 47.24
2004 47.40
2005 47.34
2006 47.34
2007 47.07
2008 46.62
2009 46.16
2010 45.76
2011 45.42
2012 45.24
2013 45.10
2014 44.77
2015 44.17
2016 43.62
2017 42.78
2018 41.92
2019 41.35
2020 41.23

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 13.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.03 in 2014 and a minimum value of 5.34 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.43
1961 5.45
1962 5.44
1963 5.40
1964 5.37
1965 5.34
1966 5.45
1967 5.57
1968 5.68
1969 5.74
1970 5.74
1971 5.80
1972 5.79
1973 5.76
1974 5.72
1975 5.69
1976 5.76
1977 5.83
1978 5.90
1979 5.94
1980 5.95
1981 5.99
1982 6.01
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.05
1987 6.10
1988 6.16
1989 6.24
1990 6.33
1991 6.52
1992 6.73
1993 6.97
1994 7.23
1995 7.50
1996 7.71
1997 7.91
1998 8.11
1999 8.35
2000 8.65
2001 9.08
2002 9.54
2003 10.02
2004 10.48
2005 10.91
2006 11.37
2007 11.78
2008 12.14
2009 12.47
2010 12.76
2011 13.15
2012 13.54
2013 13.86
2014 14.03
2015 14.01
2016 13.89
2017 13.58
2018 13.25
2019 13.09
2020 13.20

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 28.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.45 in 1971 and a minimum value of 28.02 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 63.89
1961 65.70
1962 64.20
1963 61.36
1964 59.96
1965 61.17
1966 60.98
1967 64.45
1968 69.72
1969 73.82
1970 75.31
1971 77.45
1972 76.50
1973 73.79
1974 71.27
1975 69.67
1976 67.72
1977 66.23
1978 64.93
1979 63.33
1980 61.28
1981 58.20
1982 55.70
1983 53.42
1984 50.99
1985 48.33
1986 46.87
1987 44.66
1988 42.29
1989 40.51
1990 39.58
1991 38.72
1992 38.72
1993 39.24
1994 39.65
1995 39.66
1996 39.81
1997 39.54
1998 38.98
1999 38.44
2000 38.05
2001 37.67
2002 37.42
2003 37.23
2004 36.92
2005 36.43
2006 35.97
2007 35.30
2008 34.49
2009 33.69
2010 33.00
2011 32.26
2012 31.70
2013 31.24
2014 30.74
2015 30.16
2016 29.73
2017 29.20
2018 28.67
2019 28.26
2020 28.02

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population