Euro area - Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Euro area was 23.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 11.69 in 1960.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 11.69
1961 11.89
1962 12.09
1963 12.29
1964 12.50
1965 12.71
1966 12.94
1967 13.17
1968 13.40
1969 13.64
1970 13.88
1971 14.12
1972 14.36
1973 14.58
1974 14.80
1975 15.02
1976 15.29
1977 15.57
1978 15.82
1979 16.00
1980 16.08
1981 16.08
1982 15.97
1983 15.83
1984 15.73
1985 15.75
1986 15.88
1987 16.11
1988 16.40
1989 16.70
1990 16.96
1991 17.20
1992 17.42
1993 17.61
1994 17.80
1995 17.98
1996 18.20
1997 18.40
1998 18.59
1999 18.80
2000 19.03
2001 19.22
2002 19.43
2003 19.64
2004 19.83
2005 20.00
2006 20.16
2007 20.29
2008 20.41
2009 20.55
2010 20.74
2011 20.94
2012 21.19
2013 21.49
2014 21.80
2015 22.11
2016 22.35
2017 22.60
2018 22.84
2019 23.09
2020 23.38

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population