Korea - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Korea was 39.54 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 89.43 in 1962 and 36.21 in 2014.

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 87.28
1961 88.91
1962 89.43
1963 89.18
1964 88.69
1965 88.21
1966 87.27
1967 86.53
1968 85.75
1969 84.57
1970 82.86
1971 81.08
1972 79.04
1973 76.80
1974 74.49
1975 72.15
1976 70.05
1977 67.71
1978 65.32
1979 63.14
1980 61.25
1981 59.18
1982 57.54
1983 56.11
1984 54.55
1985 52.73
1986 51.31
1987 49.42
1988 47.36
1989 45.56
1990 44.24
1991 42.82
1992 42.12
1993 41.82
1994 41.47
1995 40.86
1996 40.77
1997 40.18
1998 39.37
1999 38.76
2000 38.51
2001 38.17
2002 38.17
2003 38.36
2004 38.44
2005 38.29
2006 38.03
2007 37.69
2008 37.28
2009 36.89
2010 36.60
2011 36.46
2012 36.33
2013 36.23
2014 36.21
2015 36.32
2016 36.68
2017 37.13
2018 37.73
2019 38.52
2020 39.54

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Korea was 22.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.03 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.29 in 1970.

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 6.30
1961 6.41
1962 6.50
1963 6.55
1964 6.56
1965 6.53
1966 6.52
1967 6.46
1968 6.39
1969 6.33
1970 6.29
1971 6.34
1972 6.39
1973 6.44
1974 6.47
1975 6.49
1976 6.54
1977 6.58
1978 6.61
1979 6.63
1980 6.64
1981 6.68
1982 6.71
1983 6.74
1984 6.78
1985 6.84
1986 6.98
1987 7.12
1988 7.28
1989 7.42
1990 7.55
1991 7.71
1992 7.87
1993 8.03
1994 8.21
1995 8.42
1996 8.67
1997 8.95
1998 9.25
1999 9.58
2000 9.95
2001 10.38
2002 10.84
2003 11.33
2004 11.81
2005 12.26
2006 12.73
2007 13.18
2008 13.62
2009 14.09
2010 14.61
2011 15.15
2012 15.72
2013 16.30
2014 16.89
2015 17.53
2016 18.23
2017 19.00
2018 19.86
2019 20.86
2020 22.03

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Korea was 17.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.93 in 1962 and a minimum value of 17.50 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 80.98
1961 82.50
1962 82.93
1963 82.63
1964 82.12
1965 81.68
1966 80.75
1967 80.07
1968 79.36
1969 78.24
1970 76.57
1971 74.74
1972 72.64
1973 70.36
1974 68.02
1975 65.66
1976 63.52
1977 61.13
1978 58.71
1979 56.51
1980 54.61
1981 52.49
1982 50.83
1983 49.37
1984 47.77
1985 45.89
1986 44.33
1987 42.30
1988 40.08
1989 38.14
1990 36.69
1991 35.11
1992 34.25
1993 33.80
1994 33.26
1995 32.44
1996 32.09
1997 31.23
1998 30.13
1999 29.18
2000 28.55
2001 27.79
2002 27.33
2003 27.03
2004 26.63
2005 26.04
2006 25.30
2007 24.51
2008 23.66
2009 22.80
2010 22.00
2011 21.31
2012 20.61
2013 19.93
2014 19.32
2015 18.79
2016 18.45
2017 18.14
2018 17.87
2019 17.66
2020 17.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population