France - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in France was 62.36 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 62.36 in 2020 and 51.58 in 1988.

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 61.32
1961 61.80
1962 61.74
1963 61.31
1964 60.84
1965 60.47
1966 60.53
1967 60.53
1968 60.52
1969 60.49
1970 60.44
1971 60.47
1972 60.51
1973 60.51
1974 60.35
1975 59.97
1976 59.83
1977 59.44
1978 58.82
1979 58.01
1980 57.07
1981 55.86
1982 54.68
1983 53.58
1984 52.62
1985 51.84
1986 51.72
1987 51.62
1988 51.58
1989 51.64
1990 51.78
1991 51.99
1992 52.29
1993 52.64
1994 52.95
1995 53.19
1996 53.41
1997 53.58
1998 53.69
1999 53.75
2000 53.76
2001 53.87
2002 53.90
2003 53.87
2004 53.82
2005 53.76
2006 53.83
2007 53.86
2008 53.94
2009 54.17
2010 54.63
2011 55.34
2012 56.26
2013 57.32
2014 58.38
2015 59.32
2016 60.08
2017 60.72
2018 61.27
2019 61.80
2020 62.36

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in France was 33.69 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.69 in 2020 and a minimum value of 18.80 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.

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Year Value
1960 18.80
1961 18.96
1962 19.09
1963 19.19
1964 19.30
1965 19.42
1966 19.70
1967 19.97
1968 20.22
1969 20.44
1970 20.62
1971 20.90
1972 21.12
1973 21.30
1974 21.44
1975 21.55
1976 21.78
1977 22.01
1978 22.15
1979 22.11
1980 21.86
1981 21.50
1982 20.94
1983 20.33
1984 19.86
1985 19.63
1986 19.74
1987 20.05
1988 20.48
1989 20.92
1990 21.30
1991 21.76
1992 22.16
1993 22.53
1994 22.88
1995 23.22
1996 23.58
1997 23.92
1998 24.21
1999 24.47
2000 24.69
2001 24.88
2002 25.04
2003 25.17
2004 25.26
2005 25.33
2006 25.40
2007 25.43
2008 25.48
2009 25.66
2010 26.06
2011 26.62
2012 27.37
2013 28.27
2014 29.20
2015 30.08
2016 30.87
2017 31.61
2018 32.31
2019 32.99
2020 33.69

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in France was 28.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42.83 in 1961 and a minimum value of 28.43 in 2006.

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 42.53
1961 42.83
1962 42.65
1963 42.12
1964 41.54
1965 41.05
1966 40.83
1967 40.57
1968 40.30
1969 40.05
1970 39.81
1971 39.56
1972 39.38
1973 39.21
1974 38.91
1975 38.43
1976 38.05
1977 37.44
1978 36.67
1979 35.90
1980 35.22
1981 34.36
1982 33.74
1983 33.25
1984 32.76
1985 32.20
1986 31.97
1987 31.57
1988 31.10
1989 30.72
1990 30.48
1991 30.23
1992 30.13
1993 30.11
1994 30.07
1995 29.96
1996 29.82
1997 29.67
1998 29.48
1999 29.28
2000 29.07
2001 28.99
2002 28.86
2003 28.70
2004 28.56
2005 28.44
2006 28.43
2007 28.43
2008 28.46
2009 28.51
2010 28.57
2011 28.72
2012 28.89
2013 29.06
2014 29.18
2015 29.24
2016 29.21
2017 29.11
2018 28.96
2019 28.80
2020 28.66

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population