Netherlands - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Netherlands was 55.61 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 63.84 in 1960 and 44.78 in 1989.

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 63.84
1961 63.83
1962 63.24
1963 62.32
1964 61.47
1965 60.91
1966 60.66
1967 60.50
1968 60.43
1969 60.29
1970 60.01
1971 59.61
1972 59.05
1973 58.32
1974 57.44
1975 56.43
1976 55.45
1977 54.39
1978 53.25
1979 52.05
1980 50.84
1981 49.67
1982 48.53
1983 47.48
1984 46.55
1985 45.78
1986 45.39
1987 45.08
1988 44.87
1989 44.78
1990 44.79
1991 44.93
1992 45.13
1993 45.40
1994 45.70
1995 45.99
1996 46.32
1997 46.60
1998 46.83
1999 47.01
2000 47.17
2001 47.33
2002 47.54
2003 47.76
2004 47.94
2005 48.05
2006 48.32
2007 48.44
2008 48.51
2009 48.72
2010 49.16
2011 49.75
2012 50.58
2013 51.53
2014 52.40
2015 53.08
2016 53.72
2017 54.19
2018 54.57
2019 55.01
2020 55.61

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Netherlands was 31.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.18 in 2020 and a minimum value of 14.60 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 14.60
1961 14.77
1962 14.91
1963 15.02
1964 15.14
1965 15.28
1966 15.45
1967 15.62
1968 15.79
1969 15.96
1970 16.13
1971 16.28
1972 16.41
1973 16.52
1974 16.61
1975 16.68
1976 16.83
1977 16.96
1978 17.06
1979 17.13
1980 17.16
1981 17.23
1982 17.26
1983 17.27
1984 17.32
1985 17.42
1986 17.59
1987 17.80
1988 18.03
1989 18.24
1990 18.43
1991 18.61
1992 18.76
1993 18.89
1994 19.02
1995 19.17
1996 19.35
1997 19.53
1998 19.70
1999 19.85
2000 19.99
2001 20.18
2002 20.36
2003 20.54
2004 20.72
2005 20.92
2006 21.25
2007 21.58
2008 21.94
2009 22.41
2010 23.03
2011 23.79
2012 24.69
2013 25.65
2014 26.58
2015 27.43
2016 28.24
2017 28.98
2018 29.67
2019 30.39
2020 31.18

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Netherlands was 24.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.25 in 1960 and a minimum value of 24.43 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 49.25
1961 49.06
1962 48.33
1963 47.29
1964 46.33
1965 45.63
1966 45.21
1967 44.88
1968 44.63
1969 44.33
1970 43.89
1971 43.33
1972 42.64
1973 41.80
1974 40.84
1975 39.75
1976 38.62
1977 37.43
1978 36.19
1979 34.93
1980 33.68
1981 32.43
1982 31.28
1983 30.21
1984 29.23
1985 28.36
1986 27.80
1987 27.28
1988 26.85
1989 26.54
1990 26.36
1991 26.32
1992 26.37
1993 26.51
1994 26.68
1995 26.82
1996 26.98
1997 27.08
1998 27.13
1999 27.15
2000 27.18
2001 27.15
2002 27.18
2003 27.22
2004 27.21
2005 27.12
2006 27.07
2007 26.86
2008 26.57
2009 26.31
2010 26.14
2011 25.96
2012 25.89
2013 25.88
2014 25.82
2015 25.65
2016 25.48
2017 25.22
2018 24.90
2019 24.62
2020 24.43

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population