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

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Greece was 56.10 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 57.52 in 1972 and 46.00 in 1999.

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 52.44
1961 52.92
1962 52.81
1963 52.36
1964 52.05
1965 52.11
1966 52.41
1967 53.26
1968 54.46
1969 55.72
1970 56.86
1971 57.38
1972 57.52
1973 57.42
1974 57.32
1975 57.36
1976 57.14
1977 57.12
1978 57.14
1979 56.98
1980 56.53
1981 56.29
1982 55.74
1983 55.02
1984 54.29
1985 53.58
1986 52.77
1987 51.94
1988 51.11
1989 50.35
1990 49.72
1991 48.85
1992 48.16
1993 47.58
1994 47.02
1995 46.45
1996 46.42
1997 46.27
1998 46.08
1999 46.00
2000 46.05
2001 46.48
2002 47.01
2003 47.59
2004 48.10
2005 48.46
2006 49.25
2007 49.94
2008 50.59
2009 51.25
2010 51.99
2011 52.55
2012 53.10
2013 53.65
2014 54.21
2015 54.75
2016 55.00
2017 55.29
2018 55.59
2019 55.86
2020 56.10

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