Iceland - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Iceland was 53.96 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 76.24 in 1962 and 48.82 in 2010.

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 75.25
1961 75.98
1962 76.24
1963 76.10
1964 75.75
1965 75.25
1966 74.68
1967 73.90
1968 72.94
1969 71.84
1970 70.68
1971 69.37
1972 68.19
1973 67.04
1974 65.82
1975 64.51
1976 63.63
1977 62.59
1978 61.47
1979 60.46
1980 59.68
1981 58.92
1982 58.36
1983 57.95
1984 57.55
1985 57.13
1986 56.78
1987 56.37
1988 55.93
1989 55.56
1990 55.31
1991 55.25
1992 55.33
1993 55.46
1994 55.51
1995 55.43
1996 55.33
1997 54.93
1998 54.38
1999 53.84
2000 53.41
2001 52.79
2002 52.44
2003 52.18
2004 51.88
2005 51.49
2006 50.86
2007 50.19
2008 49.57
2009 49.11
2010 48.82
2011 49.27
2012 49.76
2013 50.30
2014 50.92
2015 51.58
2016 52.00
2017 52.47
2018 52.97
2019 53.47
2020 53.96

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Iceland was 24.05 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.05 in 2020 and a minimum value of 14.10 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 14.10
1961 14.30
1962 14.45
1963 14.56
1964 14.66
1965 14.76
1966 14.84
1967 14.90
1968 14.94
1969 14.96
1970 14.97
1971 15.01
1972 15.04
1973 15.06
1974 15.06
1975 15.07
1976 15.21
1977 15.34
1978 15.48
1979 15.61
1980 15.75
1981 15.79
1982 15.82
1983 15.85
1984 15.90
1985 15.97
1986 16.07
1987 16.18
1988 16.30
1989 16.42
1990 16.57
1991 16.75
1992 16.94
1993 17.13
1994 17.31
1995 17.48
1996 17.58
1997 17.66
1998 17.74
1999 17.80
2000 17.81
2001 17.84
2002 17.84
2003 17.83
2004 17.84
2005 17.89
2006 17.78
2007 17.70
2008 17.68
2009 17.73
2010 17.87
2011 18.31
2012 18.84
2013 19.44
2014 20.10
2015 20.79
2016 21.38
2017 22.00
2018 22.63
2019 23.31
2020 24.05

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Iceland was 29.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.79 in 1962 and a minimum value of 29.90 in 2020.

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 61.15
1961 61.69
1962 61.79
1963 61.54
1964 61.09
1965 60.50
1966 59.83
1967 58.99
1968 57.99
1969 56.88
1970 55.71
1971 54.36
1972 53.15
1973 51.98
1974 50.76
1975 49.44
1976 48.43
1977 47.24
1978 45.99
1979 44.85
1980 43.93
1981 43.13
1982 42.54
1983 42.10
1984 41.65
1985 41.16
1986 40.71
1987 40.19
1988 39.63
1989 39.14
1990 38.74
1991 38.49
1992 38.39
1993 38.33
1994 38.20
1995 37.94
1996 37.75
1997 37.27
1998 36.63
1999 36.05
2000 35.60
2001 34.95
2002 34.60
2003 34.35
2004 34.04
2005 33.60
2006 33.08
2007 32.49
2008 31.89
2009 31.38
2010 30.95
2011 30.96
2012 30.92
2013 30.86
2014 30.82
2015 30.79
2016 30.62
2017 30.48
2018 30.34
2019 30.15
2020 29.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population