Turkey - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Turkey was 49.08 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 86.22 in 1966 and 49.08 in 2020.

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 82.12
1961 83.13
1962 84.30
1963 85.37
1964 85.96
1965 85.94
1966 86.22
1967 85.88
1968 85.14
1969 84.29
1970 83.52
1971 83.24
1972 82.96
1973 82.67
1974 82.33
1975 81.94
1976 81.82
1977 81.54
1978 81.10
1979 80.50
1980 79.73
1981 78.80
1982 77.72
1983 76.51
1984 75.22
1985 73.87
1986 72.85
1987 71.67
1988 70.40
1989 69.09
1990 67.78
1991 66.55
1992 65.33
1993 64.15
1994 63.00
1995 61.92
1996 61.03
1997 60.23
1998 59.49
1999 58.74
2000 57.97
2001 57.36
2002 56.64
2003 55.87
2004 55.15
2005 54.51
2006 53.84
2007 53.27
2008 52.76
2009 52.26
2010 51.78
2011 51.42
2012 51.08
2013 50.79
2014 50.53
2015 50.31
2016 50.09
2017 49.83
2018 49.55
2019 49.29
2020 49.08

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Turkey was 13.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.39 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.81 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.

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Year Value
1960 5.81
1961 6.03
1962 6.28
1963 6.54
1964 6.76
1965 6.91
1966 7.06
1967 7.15
1968 7.21
1969 7.26
1970 7.33
1971 7.48
1972 7.64
1973 7.80
1974 7.96
1975 8.14
1976 8.26
1977 8.39
1978 8.49
1979 8.52
1980 8.47
1981 8.37
1982 8.20
1983 8.01
1984 7.84
1985 7.71
1986 7.66
1987 7.64
1988 7.65
1989 7.68
1990 7.73
1991 7.83
1992 7.95
1993 8.08
1994 8.24
1995 8.44
1996 8.67
1997 8.93
1998 9.18
1999 9.42
2000 9.62
2001 9.80
2002 9.95
2003 10.07
2004 10.20
2005 10.32
2006 10.44
2007 10.56
2008 10.68
2009 10.81
2010 10.95
2011 11.09
2012 11.23
2013 11.40
2014 11.59
2015 11.83
2016 12.08
2017 12.37
2018 12.69
2019 13.03
2020 13.39

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Turkey was 35.69 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.20 in 1964 and a minimum value of 35.69 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 76.31
1961 77.10
1962 78.01
1963 78.82
1964 79.20
1965 79.02
1966 79.16
1967 78.73
1968 77.93
1969 77.03
1970 76.19
1971 75.75
1972 75.32
1973 74.87
1974 74.37
1975 73.81
1976 73.56
1977 73.15
1978 72.61
1979 71.97
1980 71.25
1981 70.44
1982 69.52
1983 68.51
1984 67.39
1985 66.16
1986 65.18
1987 64.03
1988 62.75
1989 61.41
1990 60.06
1991 58.72
1992 57.39
1993 56.06
1994 54.75
1995 53.48
1996 52.36
1997 51.30
1998 50.31
1999 49.33
2000 48.34
2001 47.56
2002 46.69
2003 45.80
2004 44.95
2005 44.19
2006 43.40
2007 42.71
2008 42.08
2009 41.45
2010 40.83
2011 40.33
2012 39.85
2013 39.39
2014 38.94
2015 38.48
2016 38.01
2017 37.46
2018 36.86
2019 36.26
2020 35.69

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population