OECD members - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in OECD members was 54.50 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 63.76 in 1962 and 50.24 in 2008.

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 63.26
1961 63.64
1962 63.76
1963 63.69
1964 63.54
1965 63.39
1966 63.40
1967 63.34
1968 63.22
1969 63.04
1970 62.80
1971 62.50
1972 62.17
1973 61.80
1974 61.35
1975 60.80
1976 60.47
1977 60.01
1978 59.44
1979 58.79
1980 58.07
1981 57.30
1982 56.50
1983 55.71
1984 55.00
1985 54.36
1986 54.02
1987 53.70
1988 53.41
1989 53.15
1990 52.93
1991 52.82
1992 52.73
1993 52.65
1994 52.53
1995 52.35
1996 52.23
1997 52.02
1998 51.77
1999 51.51
2000 51.29
2001 51.05
2002 50.86
2003 50.71
2004 50.55
2005 50.37
2006 50.35
2007 50.29
2008 50.24
2009 50.27
2010 50.42
2011 50.71
2012 51.06
2013 51.47
2014 51.92
2015 52.37
2016 52.79
2017 53.22
2018 53.65
2019 54.07
2020 54.50

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in OECD members was 26.83 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.83 in 2020 and a minimum value of 13.45 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 13.45
1961 13.62
1962 13.77
1963 13.91
1964 14.04
1965 14.17
1966 14.38
1967 14.58
1968 14.77
1969 14.95
1970 15.12
1971 15.32
1972 15.51
1973 15.68
1974 15.83
1975 15.96
1976 16.18
1977 16.39
1978 16.56
1979 16.67
1980 16.70
1981 16.68
1982 16.58
1983 16.45
1984 16.36
1985 16.36
1986 16.49
1987 16.67
1988 16.89
1989 17.12
1990 17.33
1991 17.56
1992 17.78
1993 17.98
1994 18.16
1995 18.33
1996 18.54
1997 18.71
1998 18.88
1999 19.04
2000 19.22
2001 19.41
2002 19.61
2003 19.81
2004 20.02
2005 20.22
2006 20.45
2007 20.68
2008 20.91
2009 21.20
2010 21.58
2011 21.99
2012 22.49
2013 23.03
2014 23.60
2015 24.16
2016 24.69
2017 25.21
2018 25.73
2019 26.26
2020 26.83

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in OECD members was 27.40 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.07 in 1961 and a minimum value of 27.40 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 48.91
1961 49.07
1962 48.98
1963 48.72
1964 48.40
1965 48.09
1966 47.89
1967 47.63
1968 47.33
1969 46.99
1970 46.61
1971 46.12
1972 45.64
1973 45.13
1974 44.56
1975 43.90
1976 43.38
1977 42.73
1978 42.01
1979 41.26
1980 40.54
1981 39.81
1982 39.13
1983 38.51
1984 37.90
1985 37.30
1986 36.86
1987 36.40
1988 35.92
1989 35.48
1990 35.08
1991 34.77
1992 34.50
1993 34.25
1994 33.97
1995 33.65
1996 33.36
1997 33.00
1998 32.61
1999 32.21
2000 31.84
2001 31.43
2002 31.06
2003 30.71
2004 30.36
2005 30.00
2006 29.74
2007 29.47
2008 29.18
2009 28.92
2010 28.69
2011 28.56
2012 28.41
2013 28.26
2014 28.12
2015 27.99
2016 27.86
2017 27.76
2018 27.66
2019 27.54
2020 27.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population