North Macedonia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in North Macedonia was 44.48 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 74.49 in 1960 and 41.19 in 2012.

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 74.49
1961 73.80
1962 73.37
1963 72.92
1964 72.11
1965 70.84
1966 69.64
1967 68.11
1968 66.39
1969 64.71
1970 63.19
1971 62.18
1972 61.12
1973 60.19
1974 59.51
1975 59.12
1976 58.42
1977 58.09
1978 57.88
1979 57.45
1980 56.64
1981 55.63
1982 54.36
1983 52.99
1984 51.77
1985 50.83
1986 50.46
1987 50.23
1988 50.12
1989 50.10
1990 50.14
1991 50.32
1992 50.57
1993 50.83
1994 51.01
1995 51.07
1996 50.77
1997 50.25
1998 49.61
1999 48.94
2000 48.30
2001 47.66
2002 47.13
2003 46.64
2004 46.06
2005 45.37
2006 44.75
2007 43.96
2008 43.12
2009 42.39
2010 41.85
2011 41.40
2012 41.19
2013 41.19
2014 41.33
2015 41.56
2016 42.12
2017 42.68
2018 43.24
2019 43.84
2020 44.48

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in North Macedonia was 20.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.92 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7.56 in 1965.

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 8.19
1961 8.08
1962 7.96
1963 7.82
1964 7.69
1965 7.56
1966 7.57
1967 7.59
1968 7.61
1969 7.65
1970 7.71
1971 7.90
1972 8.10
1973 8.32
1974 8.57
1975 8.84
1976 9.12
1977 9.42
1978 9.70
1979 9.88
1980 9.92
1981 9.85
1982 9.66
1983 9.43
1984 9.28
1985 9.25
1986 9.42
1987 9.69
1988 10.04
1989 10.42
1990 10.82
1991 11.27
1992 11.72
1993 12.19
1994 12.66
1995 13.14
1996 13.49
1997 13.81
1998 14.12
1999 14.40
2000 14.67
2001 14.99
2002 15.29
2003 15.57
2004 15.80
2005 16.00
2006 16.13
2007 16.22
2008 16.29
2009 16.36
2010 16.45
2011 16.62
2012 16.81
2013 17.03
2014 17.33
2015 17.72
2016 18.28
2017 18.90
2018 19.58
2019 20.26
2020 20.92

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in North Macedonia was 23.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.29 in 1960 and a minimum value of 23.57 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 66.29
1961 65.72
1962 65.42
1963 65.10
1964 64.42
1965 63.28
1966 62.06
1967 60.52
1968 58.78
1969 57.07
1970 55.48
1971 54.28
1972 53.02
1973 51.87
1974 50.95
1975 50.28
1976 49.31
1977 48.67
1978 48.18
1979 47.57
1980 46.72
1981 45.78
1982 44.70
1983 43.56
1984 42.50
1985 41.58
1986 41.04
1987 40.54
1988 40.08
1989 39.68
1990 39.32
1991 39.05
1992 38.85
1993 38.64
1994 38.35
1995 37.94
1996 37.28
1997 36.44
1998 35.49
1999 34.54
2000 33.63
2001 32.67
2002 31.84
2003 31.07
2004 30.26
2005 29.37
2006 28.62
2007 27.74
2008 26.83
2009 26.03
2010 25.40
2011 24.78
2012 24.38
2013 24.16
2014 24.00
2015 23.84
2016 23.85
2017 23.77
2018 23.66
2019 23.58
2020 23.57

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population