High income - Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in High income was 20.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.75 in 2020, while its lowest value was 9.84 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 9.84
1961 9.98
1962 10.12
1963 10.26
1964 10.41
1965 10.56
1966 10.73
1967 10.90
1968 11.08
1969 11.26
1970 11.44
1971 11.62
1972 11.81
1973 11.99
1974 12.18
1975 12.38
1976 12.58
1977 12.80
1978 13.01
1979 13.18
1980 13.31
1981 13.39
1982 13.41
1983 13.41
1984 13.44
1985 13.54
1986 13.68
1987 13.87
1988 14.09
1989 14.32
1990 14.52
1991 14.70
1992 14.89
1993 15.03
1994 15.17
1995 15.29
1996 15.42
1997 15.55
1998 15.67
1999 15.80
2000 15.93
2001 16.06
2002 16.20
2003 16.34
2004 16.48
2005 16.62
2006 16.76
2007 16.90
2008 17.04
2009 17.22
2010 17.46
2011 17.71
2012 18.01
2013 18.35
2014 18.71
2015 19.06
2016 19.40
2017 19.72
2018 20.05
2019 20.39
2020 20.75

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