European Union - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in European Union was 56.00 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.17 in 1971 and 48.38 in 2001.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 55.45 |
| 1961 | 55.86 |
| 1962 | 56.05 |
| 1963 | 56.10 |
| 1964 | 56.13 |
| 1965 | 56.20 |
| 1966 | 56.41 |
| 1967 | 56.63 |
| 1968 | 56.83 |
| 1969 | 56.98 |
| 1970 | 57.05 |
| 1971 | 57.17 |
| 1972 | 57.13 |
| 1973 | 57.00 |
| 1974 | 56.80 |
| 1975 | 56.58 |
| 1976 | 56.45 |
| 1977 | 56.33 |
| 1978 | 56.11 |
| 1979 | 55.65 |
| 1980 | 54.88 |
| 1981 | 54.08 |
| 1982 | 52.99 |
| 1983 | 51.80 |
| 1984 | 50.77 |
| 1985 | 50.00 |
| 1986 | 49.60 |
| 1987 | 49.42 |
| 1988 | 49.37 |
| 1989 | 49.31 |
| 1990 | 49.18 |
| 1991 | 49.20 |
| 1992 | 49.14 |
| 1993 | 49.03 |
| 1994 | 48.89 |
| 1995 | 48.76 |
| 1996 | 48.69 |
| 1997 | 48.62 |
| 1998 | 48.54 |
| 1999 | 48.46 |
| 2000 | 48.40 |
| 2001 | 48.38 |
| 2002 | 48.39 |
| 2003 | 48.42 |
| 2004 | 48.44 |
| 2005 | 48.45 |
| 2006 | 48.64 |
| 2007 | 48.79 |
| 2008 | 48.96 |
| 2009 | 49.19 |
| 2010 | 49.52 |
| 2011 | 50.08 |
| 2012 | 50.67 |
| 2013 | 51.31 |
| 2014 | 52.00 |
| 2015 | 52.70 |
| 2016 | 53.33 |
| 2017 | 54.00 |
| 2018 | 54.69 |
| 2019 | 55.36 |
| 2020 | 56.00 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in European Union was 32.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.40 in 2020 and a minimum value of 14.80 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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.80 |
| 1961 | 15.08 |
| 1962 | 15.34 |
| 1963 | 15.60 |
| 1964 | 15.87 |
| 1965 | 16.14 |
| 1966 | 16.50 |
| 1967 | 16.84 |
| 1968 | 17.18 |
| 1969 | 17.52 |
| 1970 | 17.84 |
| 1971 | 18.20 |
| 1972 | 18.52 |
| 1973 | 18.81 |
| 1974 | 19.07 |
| 1975 | 19.31 |
| 1976 | 19.64 |
| 1977 | 19.96 |
| 1978 | 20.22 |
| 1979 | 20.32 |
| 1980 | 20.23 |
| 1981 | 20.05 |
| 1982 | 19.68 |
| 1983 | 19.24 |
| 1984 | 18.91 |
| 1985 | 18.75 |
| 1986 | 18.86 |
| 1987 | 19.12 |
| 1988 | 19.47 |
| 1989 | 19.82 |
| 1990 | 20.13 |
| 1991 | 20.50 |
| 1992 | 20.84 |
| 1993 | 21.14 |
| 1994 | 21.42 |
| 1995 | 21.68 |
| 1996 | 22.04 |
| 1997 | 22.36 |
| 1998 | 22.66 |
| 1999 | 22.97 |
| 2000 | 23.29 |
| 2001 | 23.64 |
| 2002 | 23.99 |
| 2003 | 24.34 |
| 2004 | 24.65 |
| 2005 | 24.92 |
| 2006 | 25.23 |
| 2007 | 25.48 |
| 2008 | 25.72 |
| 2009 | 26.00 |
| 2010 | 26.38 |
| 2011 | 26.85 |
| 2012 | 27.41 |
| 2013 | 28.04 |
| 2014 | 28.70 |
| 2015 | 29.36 |
| 2016 | 29.97 |
| 2017 | 30.57 |
| 2018 | 31.17 |
| 2019 | 31.77 |
| 2020 | 32.40 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in European Union was 23.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.60 in 1961 and a minimum value of 23.01 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 | 40.46 |
| 1961 | 40.60 |
| 1962 | 40.55 |
| 1963 | 40.36 |
| 1964 | 40.15 |
| 1965 | 39.95 |
| 1966 | 39.82 |
| 1967 | 39.70 |
| 1968 | 39.56 |
| 1969 | 39.37 |
| 1970 | 39.11 |
| 1971 | 38.86 |
| 1972 | 38.51 |
| 1973 | 38.08 |
| 1974 | 37.63 |
| 1975 | 37.18 |
| 1976 | 36.73 |
| 1977 | 36.29 |
| 1978 | 35.83 |
| 1979 | 35.27 |
| 1980 | 34.59 |
| 1981 | 33.96 |
| 1982 | 33.23 |
| 1983 | 32.46 |
| 1984 | 31.75 |
| 1985 | 31.13 |
| 1986 | 30.62 |
| 1987 | 30.18 |
| 1988 | 29.79 |
| 1989 | 29.39 |
| 1990 | 28.97 |
| 1991 | 28.62 |
| 1992 | 28.23 |
| 1993 | 27.82 |
| 1994 | 27.42 |
| 1995 | 27.02 |
| 1996 | 26.60 |
| 1997 | 26.20 |
| 1998 | 25.82 |
| 1999 | 25.44 |
| 2000 | 25.05 |
| 2001 | 24.69 |
| 2002 | 24.33 |
| 2003 | 24.00 |
| 2004 | 23.70 |
| 2005 | 23.43 |
| 2006 | 23.30 |
| 2007 | 23.19 |
| 2008 | 23.12 |
| 2009 | 23.06 |
| 2010 | 23.01 |
| 2011 | 23.10 |
| 2012 | 23.12 |
| 2013 | 23.13 |
| 2014 | 23.16 |
| 2015 | 23.21 |
| 2016 | 23.23 |
| 2017 | 23.31 |
| 2018 | 23.42 |
| 2019 | 23.50 |
| 2020 | 23.51 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
