Portugal - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Portugal was 55.83 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 62.41 in 1970 and 47.71 in 2000.
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 | 59.55 |
| 1961 | 59.68 |
| 1962 | 59.82 |
| 1963 | 60.01 |
| 1964 | 60.28 |
| 1965 | 60.57 |
| 1966 | 61.30 |
| 1967 | 61.75 |
| 1968 | 61.97 |
| 1969 | 62.14 |
| 1970 | 62.41 |
| 1971 | 61.99 |
| 1972 | 61.76 |
| 1973 | 61.67 |
| 1974 | 61.54 |
| 1975 | 61.27 |
| 1976 | 61.29 |
| 1977 | 61.06 |
| 1978 | 60.65 |
| 1979 | 60.16 |
| 1980 | 59.63 |
| 1981 | 58.90 |
| 1982 | 58.18 |
| 1983 | 57.47 |
| 1984 | 56.73 |
| 1985 | 55.95 |
| 1986 | 55.28 |
| 1987 | 54.54 |
| 1988 | 53.70 |
| 1989 | 52.82 |
| 1990 | 51.98 |
| 1991 | 51.19 |
| 1992 | 50.46 |
| 1993 | 49.81 |
| 1994 | 49.25 |
| 1995 | 48.75 |
| 1996 | 48.48 |
| 1997 | 48.20 |
| 1998 | 47.94 |
| 1999 | 47.76 |
| 2000 | 47.71 |
| 2001 | 47.74 |
| 2002 | 47.88 |
| 2003 | 48.09 |
| 2004 | 48.31 |
| 2005 | 48.46 |
| 2006 | 49.08 |
| 2007 | 49.57 |
| 2008 | 49.95 |
| 2009 | 50.29 |
| 2010 | 50.67 |
| 2011 | 51.15 |
| 2012 | 51.68 |
| 2013 | 52.25 |
| 2014 | 52.87 |
| 2015 | 53.49 |
| 2016 | 53.94 |
| 2017 | 54.38 |
| 2018 | 54.83 |
| 2019 | 55.30 |
| 2020 | 55.83 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Portugal was 35.49 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.49 in 2020 and a minimum value of 12.81 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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 12.81 |
| 1961 | 13.02 |
| 1962 | 13.21 |
| 1963 | 13.39 |
| 1964 | 13.60 |
| 1965 | 13.85 |
| 1966 | 14.22 |
| 1967 | 14.60 |
| 1968 | 15.00 |
| 1969 | 15.40 |
| 1970 | 15.79 |
| 1971 | 16.05 |
| 1972 | 16.30 |
| 1973 | 16.54 |
| 1974 | 16.78 |
| 1975 | 17.04 |
| 1976 | 17.34 |
| 1977 | 17.65 |
| 1978 | 17.95 |
| 1979 | 18.21 |
| 1980 | 18.40 |
| 1981 | 18.57 |
| 1982 | 18.67 |
| 1983 | 18.75 |
| 1984 | 18.85 |
| 1985 | 19.03 |
| 1986 | 19.33 |
| 1987 | 19.67 |
| 1988 | 20.04 |
| 1989 | 20.41 |
| 1990 | 20.78 |
| 1991 | 21.10 |
| 1992 | 21.40 |
| 1993 | 21.70 |
| 1994 | 22.01 |
| 1995 | 22.33 |
| 1996 | 22.64 |
| 1997 | 22.96 |
| 1998 | 23.31 |
| 1999 | 23.66 |
| 2000 | 24.03 |
| 2001 | 24.36 |
| 2002 | 24.67 |
| 2003 | 24.98 |
| 2004 | 25.27 |
| 2005 | 25.54 |
| 2006 | 26.01 |
| 2007 | 26.47 |
| 2008 | 26.95 |
| 2009 | 27.49 |
| 2010 | 28.12 |
| 2011 | 28.78 |
| 2012 | 29.50 |
| 2013 | 30.27 |
| 2014 | 31.07 |
| 2015 | 31.87 |
| 2016 | 32.58 |
| 2017 | 33.28 |
| 2018 | 33.99 |
| 2019 | 34.72 |
| 2020 | 35.49 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Portugal was 20.34 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.15 in 1967 and a minimum value of 20.34 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 | 46.75 |
| 1961 | 46.66 |
| 1962 | 46.61 |
| 1963 | 46.63 |
| 1964 | 46.69 |
| 1965 | 46.72 |
| 1966 | 47.09 |
| 1967 | 47.15 |
| 1968 | 46.97 |
| 1969 | 46.74 |
| 1970 | 46.62 |
| 1971 | 45.94 |
| 1972 | 45.46 |
| 1973 | 45.13 |
| 1974 | 44.76 |
| 1975 | 44.24 |
| 1976 | 43.95 |
| 1977 | 43.41 |
| 1978 | 42.70 |
| 1979 | 41.95 |
| 1980 | 41.22 |
| 1981 | 40.33 |
| 1982 | 39.51 |
| 1983 | 38.72 |
| 1984 | 37.88 |
| 1985 | 36.93 |
| 1986 | 35.96 |
| 1987 | 34.87 |
| 1988 | 33.66 |
| 1989 | 32.41 |
| 1990 | 31.20 |
| 1991 | 30.09 |
| 1992 | 29.06 |
| 1993 | 28.11 |
| 1994 | 27.24 |
| 1995 | 26.42 |
| 1996 | 25.84 |
| 1997 | 25.23 |
| 1998 | 24.63 |
| 1999 | 24.10 |
| 2000 | 23.68 |
| 2001 | 23.39 |
| 2002 | 23.21 |
| 2003 | 23.12 |
| 2004 | 23.04 |
| 2005 | 22.92 |
| 2006 | 23.06 |
| 2007 | 23.09 |
| 2008 | 22.99 |
| 2009 | 22.80 |
| 2010 | 22.55 |
| 2011 | 22.37 |
| 2012 | 22.17 |
| 2013 | 21.98 |
| 2014 | 21.80 |
| 2015 | 21.62 |
| 2016 | 21.36 |
| 2017 | 21.10 |
| 2018 | 20.84 |
| 2019 | 20.58 |
| 2020 | 20.34 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
