Euro area - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Euro area was 56.56 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 58.93 in 1972 and 48.09 in 1990.

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 54.87
1961 55.40
1962 55.77
1963 56.04
1964 56.31
1965 56.63
1966 57.19
1967 57.67
1968 58.10
1969 58.46
1970 58.74
1971 58.90
1972 58.93
1973 58.85
1974 58.62
1975 58.25
1976 57.92
1977 57.48
1978 56.88
1979 56.05
1980 54.96
1981 53.87
1982 52.57
1983 51.23
1984 50.05
1985 49.15
1986 48.68
1987 48.39
1988 48.25
1989 48.17
1990 48.09
1991 48.13
1992 48.18
1993 48.23
1994 48.27
1995 48.29
1996 48.38
1997 48.45
1998 48.51
1999 48.59
2000 48.72
2001 48.88
2002 49.07
2003 49.28
2004 49.48
2005 49.65
2006 49.96
2007 50.21
2008 50.44
2009 50.72
2010 51.08
2011 51.62
2012 52.20
2013 52.80
2014 53.41
2015 54.02
2016 54.52
2017 55.02
2018 55.53
2019 56.04
2020 56.56

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Euro area was 33.07 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.07 in 2020 and a minimum value of 15.77 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 15.77
1961 16.04
1962 16.30
1963 16.55
1964 16.81
1965 17.08
1966 17.46
1967 17.82
1968 18.19
1969 18.55
1970 18.88
1971 19.24
1972 19.55
1973 19.81
1974 20.04
1975 20.24
1976 20.54
1977 20.81
1978 21.02
1979 21.07
1980 20.94
1981 20.75
1982 20.38
1983 19.95
1984 19.62
1985 19.46
1986 19.57
1987 19.82
1988 20.16
1989 20.52
1990 20.84
1991 21.22
1992 21.56
1993 21.88
1994 22.19
1995 22.48
1996 22.86
1997 23.20
1998 23.53
1999 23.88
2000 24.25
2001 24.62
2002 25.02
2003 25.41
2004 25.78
2005 26.09
2006 26.45
2007 26.74
2008 27.02
2009 27.33
2010 27.72
2011 28.18
2012 28.72
2013 29.32
2014 29.93
2015 30.53
2016 31.04
2017 31.53
2018 32.02
2019 32.52
2020 33.07

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Euro area was 23.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.86 in 1969 and a minimum value of 23.29 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 38.92
1961 39.19
1962 39.33
1963 39.38
1964 39.42
1965 39.47
1966 39.66
1967 39.79
1968 39.86
1969 39.86
1970 39.81
1971 39.61
1972 39.34
1973 38.99
1974 38.53
1975 37.97
1976 37.33
1977 36.62
1978 35.81
1979 34.92
1980 33.95
1981 33.04
1982 32.09
1983 31.16
1984 30.31
1985 29.55
1986 28.98
1987 28.46
1988 27.99
1989 27.56
1990 27.17
1991 26.85
1992 26.56
1993 26.29
1994 26.03
1995 25.76
1996 25.47
1997 25.20
1998 24.92
1999 24.66
2000 24.42
2001 24.21
2002 24.00
2003 23.81
2004 23.64
2005 23.49
2006 23.45
2007 23.40
2008 23.36
2009 23.33
2010 23.29
2011 23.38
2012 23.41
2013 23.41
2014 23.40
2015 23.41
2016 23.39
2017 23.40
2018 23.42
2019 23.43
2020 23.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population