Latvia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Latvia was 59.03 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 59.03 in 2020 and 46.07 in 2005.

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 48.40
1961 48.69
1962 48.98
1963 49.28
1964 49.53
1965 49.73
1966 50.05
1967 50.25
1968 50.36
1969 50.47
1970 50.64
1971 50.79
1972 51.01
1973 51.21
1974 51.24
1975 51.03
1976 51.37
1977 51.32
1978 50.98
1979 50.56
1980 50.15
1981 49.71
1982 49.46
1983 49.35
1984 49.27
1985 49.18
1986 49.44
1987 49.60
1988 49.72
1989 49.86
1990 50.00
1991 50.86
1992 51.60
1993 52.17
1994 52.50
1995 52.58
1996 52.06
1997 51.40
1998 50.64
1999 49.79
2000 48.91
2001 48.27
2002 47.72
2003 47.19
2004 46.63
2005 46.07
2006 46.34
2007 46.53
2008 46.74
2009 47.09
2010 47.64
2011 48.53
2012 49.50
2013 50.56
2014 51.70
2015 52.94
2016 53.63
2017 54.82
2018 56.35
2019 57.84
2020 59.03

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Latvia was 32.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.90 in 2020 and a minimum value of 15.69 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 15.69
1961 15.79
1962 15.87
1963 15.95
1964 16.09
1965 16.30
1966 16.63
1967 17.00
1968 17.39
1969 17.76
1970 18.11
1971 18.48
1972 18.78
1973 19.01
1974 19.21
1975 19.38
1976 19.61
1977 19.81
1978 19.94
1979 19.89
1980 19.63
1981 19.35
1982 18.88
1983 18.33
1984 17.85
1985 17.52
1986 17.42
1987 17.42
1988 17.50
1989 17.64
1990 17.81
1991 18.45
1992 19.13
1993 19.81
1994 20.43
1995 20.94
1996 21.38
1997 21.68
1998 21.89
1999 22.09
2000 22.32
2001 22.85
2002 23.38
2003 23.88
2004 24.30
2005 24.62
2006 25.18
2007 25.66
2008 26.09
2009 26.48
2010 26.84
2011 27.46
2012 28.05
2013 28.64
2014 29.24
2015 29.85
2016 30.23
2017 30.71
2018 31.34
2019 32.10
2020 32.90

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Latvia was 26.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.44 in 1964 and a minimum value of 20.62 in 2009.

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 32.71
1961 32.89
1962 33.11
1963 33.33
1964 33.44
1965 33.43
1966 33.42
1967 33.25
1968 32.97
1969 32.71
1970 32.53
1971 32.31
1972 32.23
1973 32.20
1974 32.03
1975 31.66
1976 31.77
1977 31.50
1978 31.05
1979 30.67
1980 30.52
1981 30.36
1982 30.58
1983 31.02
1984 31.42
1985 31.66
1986 32.02
1987 32.18
1988 32.22
1989 32.23
1990 32.18
1991 32.41
1992 32.47
1993 32.36
1994 32.07
1995 31.64
1996 30.68
1997 29.72
1998 28.74
1999 27.70
2000 26.59
2001 25.42
2002 24.34
2003 23.31
2004 22.33
2005 21.44
2006 21.17
2007 20.87
2008 20.65
2009 20.62
2010 20.80
2011 21.07
2012 21.45
2013 21.91
2014 22.46
2015 23.08
2016 23.40
2017 24.12
2018 25.01
2019 25.74
2020 26.13

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population