Denmark - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Denmark was 57.35 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.35 in 2020 and 48.28 in 1993.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.79
1961 55.59
1962 55.22
1963 54.80
1964 54.47
1965 54.30
1966 54.43
1967 54.58
1968 54.78
1969 55.01
1970 55.25
1971 55.55
1972 55.87
1973 56.15
1974 56.29
1975 56.26
1976 56.24
1977 56.02
1978 55.64
1979 55.11
1980 54.47
1981 53.77
1982 52.95
1983 52.05
1984 51.18
1985 50.41
1986 49.79
1987 49.35
1988 49.02
1989 48.72
1990 48.43
1991 48.42
1992 48.35
1993 48.28
1994 48.29
1995 48.38
1996 48.73
1997 49.07
1998 49.40
1999 49.71
2000 49.98
2001 50.24
2002 50.51
2003 50.76
2004 51.00
2005 51.24
2006 51.57
2007 51.89
2008 52.23
2009 52.58
2010 52.95
2011 53.47
2012 53.98
2013 54.59
2014 55.29
2015 55.98
2016 56.30
2017 56.62
2018 56.91
2019 57.15
2020 57.35

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population