Norway - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Norway was 53.34 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 60.11 in 1972 and 50.83 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 58.64
1961 58.91
1962 58.78
1963 58.41
1964 58.12
1965 58.07
1966 58.17
1967 58.49
1968 58.95
1969 59.36
1970 59.60
1971 59.98
1972 60.11
1973 60.08
1974 60.01
1975 59.93
1976 59.78
1977 59.59
1978 59.33
1979 58.96
1980 58.49
1981 57.88
1982 57.28
1983 56.68
1984 56.09
1985 55.54
1986 55.28
1987 55.01
1988 54.77
1989 54.60
1990 54.51
1991 54.60
1992 54.70
1993 54.81
1994 54.91
1995 54.96
1996 55.01
1997 54.98
1998 54.88
1999 54.69
2000 54.42
2001 54.11
2002 53.72
2003 53.28
2004 52.86
2005 52.50
2006 52.01
2007 51.58
2008 51.23
2009 50.97
2010 50.83
2011 51.03
2012 51.27
2013 51.56
2014 51.85
2015 52.13
2016 52.43
2017 52.68
2018 52.90
2019 53.11
2020 53.34

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Norway was 26.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.87 in 2020 and a minimum value of 17.51 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 17.51
1961 17.81
1962 18.10
1963 18.38
1964 18.65
1965 18.93
1966 19.26
1967 19.59
1968 19.91
1969 20.21
1970 20.51
1971 20.82
1972 21.09
1973 21.35
1974 21.61
1975 21.87
1976 22.20
1977 22.52
1978 22.82
1979 23.10
1980 23.34
1981 23.62
1982 23.84
1983 24.03
1984 24.21
1985 24.41
1986 24.65
1987 24.87
1988 25.07
1989 25.21
1990 25.27
1991 25.31
1992 25.27
1993 25.17
1994 25.01
1995 24.81
1996 24.63
1997 24.40
1998 24.14
1999 23.86
2000 23.56
2001 23.34
2002 23.11
2003 22.89
2004 22.71
2005 22.59
2006 22.45
2007 22.33
2008 22.27
2009 22.30
2010 22.45
2011 22.82
2012 23.30
2013 23.84
2014 24.36
2015 24.80
2016 25.29
2017 25.70
2018 26.07
2019 26.45
2020 26.87

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Norway was 26.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.13 in 1960 and a minimum value of 26.46 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 41.13
1961 41.10
1962 40.67
1963 40.03
1964 39.47
1965 39.14
1966 38.90
1967 38.90
1968 39.05
1969 39.14
1970 39.09
1971 39.16
1972 39.02
1973 38.73
1974 38.41
1975 38.06
1976 37.58
1977 37.07
1978 36.50
1979 35.86
1980 35.15
1981 34.27
1982 33.44
1983 32.65
1984 31.87
1985 31.13
1986 30.63
1987 30.13
1988 29.70
1989 29.40
1990 29.24
1991 29.29
1992 29.43
1993 29.65
1994 29.90
1995 30.15
1996 30.38
1997 30.58
1998 30.74
1999 30.83
2000 30.86
2001 30.77
2002 30.61
2003 30.39
2004 30.15
2005 29.91
2006 29.56
2007 29.25
2008 28.96
2009 28.67
2010 28.37
2011 28.21
2012 27.97
2013 27.71
2014 27.50
2015 27.33
2016 27.14
2017 26.98
2018 26.83
2019 26.66
2020 26.46

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population