Korea - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Korea was 39.54 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 89.43 in 1962 and 36.21 in 2014.
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 | 87.28 |
| 1961 | 88.91 |
| 1962 | 89.43 |
| 1963 | 89.18 |
| 1964 | 88.69 |
| 1965 | 88.21 |
| 1966 | 87.27 |
| 1967 | 86.53 |
| 1968 | 85.75 |
| 1969 | 84.57 |
| 1970 | 82.86 |
| 1971 | 81.08 |
| 1972 | 79.04 |
| 1973 | 76.80 |
| 1974 | 74.49 |
| 1975 | 72.15 |
| 1976 | 70.05 |
| 1977 | 67.71 |
| 1978 | 65.32 |
| 1979 | 63.14 |
| 1980 | 61.25 |
| 1981 | 59.18 |
| 1982 | 57.54 |
| 1983 | 56.11 |
| 1984 | 54.55 |
| 1985 | 52.73 |
| 1986 | 51.31 |
| 1987 | 49.42 |
| 1988 | 47.36 |
| 1989 | 45.56 |
| 1990 | 44.24 |
| 1991 | 42.82 |
| 1992 | 42.12 |
| 1993 | 41.82 |
| 1994 | 41.47 |
| 1995 | 40.86 |
| 1996 | 40.77 |
| 1997 | 40.18 |
| 1998 | 39.37 |
| 1999 | 38.76 |
| 2000 | 38.51 |
| 2001 | 38.17 |
| 2002 | 38.17 |
| 2003 | 38.36 |
| 2004 | 38.44 |
| 2005 | 38.29 |
| 2006 | 38.03 |
| 2007 | 37.69 |
| 2008 | 37.28 |
| 2009 | 36.89 |
| 2010 | 36.60 |
| 2011 | 36.46 |
| 2012 | 36.33 |
| 2013 | 36.23 |
| 2014 | 36.21 |
| 2015 | 36.32 |
| 2016 | 36.68 |
| 2017 | 37.13 |
| 2018 | 37.73 |
| 2019 | 38.52 |
| 2020 | 39.54 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Korea was 22.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.03 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.29 in 1970.
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 | 6.30 |
| 1961 | 6.41 |
| 1962 | 6.50 |
| 1963 | 6.55 |
| 1964 | 6.56 |
| 1965 | 6.53 |
| 1966 | 6.52 |
| 1967 | 6.46 |
| 1968 | 6.39 |
| 1969 | 6.33 |
| 1970 | 6.29 |
| 1971 | 6.34 |
| 1972 | 6.39 |
| 1973 | 6.44 |
| 1974 | 6.47 |
| 1975 | 6.49 |
| 1976 | 6.54 |
| 1977 | 6.58 |
| 1978 | 6.61 |
| 1979 | 6.63 |
| 1980 | 6.64 |
| 1981 | 6.68 |
| 1982 | 6.71 |
| 1983 | 6.74 |
| 1984 | 6.78 |
| 1985 | 6.84 |
| 1986 | 6.98 |
| 1987 | 7.12 |
| 1988 | 7.28 |
| 1989 | 7.42 |
| 1990 | 7.55 |
| 1991 | 7.71 |
| 1992 | 7.87 |
| 1993 | 8.03 |
| 1994 | 8.21 |
| 1995 | 8.42 |
| 1996 | 8.67 |
| 1997 | 8.95 |
| 1998 | 9.25 |
| 1999 | 9.58 |
| 2000 | 9.95 |
| 2001 | 10.38 |
| 2002 | 10.84 |
| 2003 | 11.33 |
| 2004 | 11.81 |
| 2005 | 12.26 |
| 2006 | 12.73 |
| 2007 | 13.18 |
| 2008 | 13.62 |
| 2009 | 14.09 |
| 2010 | 14.61 |
| 2011 | 15.15 |
| 2012 | 15.72 |
| 2013 | 16.30 |
| 2014 | 16.89 |
| 2015 | 17.53 |
| 2016 | 18.23 |
| 2017 | 19.00 |
| 2018 | 19.86 |
| 2019 | 20.86 |
| 2020 | 22.03 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Korea was 17.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.93 in 1962 and a minimum value of 17.50 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 | 80.98 |
| 1961 | 82.50 |
| 1962 | 82.93 |
| 1963 | 82.63 |
| 1964 | 82.12 |
| 1965 | 81.68 |
| 1966 | 80.75 |
| 1967 | 80.07 |
| 1968 | 79.36 |
| 1969 | 78.24 |
| 1970 | 76.57 |
| 1971 | 74.74 |
| 1972 | 72.64 |
| 1973 | 70.36 |
| 1974 | 68.02 |
| 1975 | 65.66 |
| 1976 | 63.52 |
| 1977 | 61.13 |
| 1978 | 58.71 |
| 1979 | 56.51 |
| 1980 | 54.61 |
| 1981 | 52.49 |
| 1982 | 50.83 |
| 1983 | 49.37 |
| 1984 | 47.77 |
| 1985 | 45.89 |
| 1986 | 44.33 |
| 1987 | 42.30 |
| 1988 | 40.08 |
| 1989 | 38.14 |
| 1990 | 36.69 |
| 1991 | 35.11 |
| 1992 | 34.25 |
| 1993 | 33.80 |
| 1994 | 33.26 |
| 1995 | 32.44 |
| 1996 | 32.09 |
| 1997 | 31.23 |
| 1998 | 30.13 |
| 1999 | 29.18 |
| 2000 | 28.55 |
| 2001 | 27.79 |
| 2002 | 27.33 |
| 2003 | 27.03 |
| 2004 | 26.63 |
| 2005 | 26.04 |
| 2006 | 25.30 |
| 2007 | 24.51 |
| 2008 | 23.66 |
| 2009 | 22.80 |
| 2010 | 22.00 |
| 2011 | 21.31 |
| 2012 | 20.61 |
| 2013 | 19.93 |
| 2014 | 19.32 |
| 2015 | 18.79 |
| 2016 | 18.45 |
| 2017 | 18.14 |
| 2018 | 17.87 |
| 2019 | 17.66 |
| 2020 | 17.50 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
