Luxembourg - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Luxembourg was 42.75 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 53.28 in 1970 and 42.75 in 2020.

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 47.07
1961 48.05
1962 48.97
1963 49.81
1964 50.52
1965 51.09
1966 51.90
1967 52.54
1968 52.99
1969 53.23
1970 53.28
1971 53.20
1972 52.85
1973 52.31
1974 51.66
1975 50.93
1976 50.44
1977 50.00
1978 49.51
1979 48.84
1980 47.92
1981 47.19
1982 46.23
1983 45.23
1984 44.39
1985 43.84
1986 43.60
1987 43.55
1988 43.69
1989 43.98
1990 44.41
1991 44.99
1992 45.68
1993 46.43
1994 47.17
1995 47.81
1996 48.40
1997 48.80
1998 49.04
1999 49.20
2000 49.29
2001 49.49
2002 49.60
2003 49.62
2004 49.52
2005 49.35
2006 48.69
2007 47.99
2008 47.32
2009 46.75
2010 46.28
2011 45.68
2012 45.12
2013 44.60
2014 44.09
2015 43.62
2016 43.43
2017 43.21
2018 42.98
2019 42.82
2020 42.75

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Luxembourg was 20.54 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.54 in 2005 and a minimum value of 15.92 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 15.92
1961 16.24
1962 16.54
1963 16.83
1964 17.12
1965 17.41
1966 17.85
1967 18.26
1968 18.63
1969 18.97
1970 19.26
1971 19.54
1972 19.74
1973 19.88
1974 19.95
1975 19.97
1976 20.19
1977 20.37
1978 20.45
1979 20.40
1980 20.18
1981 20.10
1982 19.87
1983 19.57
1984 19.30
1985 19.12
1986 19.05
1987 19.05
1988 19.10
1989 19.20
1990 19.35
1991 19.59
1992 19.87
1993 20.15
1994 20.38
1995 20.56
1996 20.77
1997 20.90
1998 20.97
1999 21.00
2000 21.01
2001 21.19
2002 21.34
2003 21.45
2004 21.51
2005 21.54
2006 21.31
2007 21.06
2008 20.81
2009 20.61
2010 20.47
2011 20.33
2012 20.23
2013 20.16
2014 20.12
2015 20.10
2016 20.14
2017 20.20
2018 20.28
2019 20.39
2020 20.54

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Luxembourg was 22.21 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.35 in 1968 and a minimum value of 22.21 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 31.15
1961 31.81
1962 32.43
1963 32.98
1964 33.40
1965 33.68
1966 34.05
1967 34.29
1968 34.35
1969 34.26
1970 34.02
1971 33.66
1972 33.11
1973 32.44
1974 31.71
1975 30.97
1976 30.25
1977 29.63
1978 29.06
1979 28.44
1980 27.75
1981 27.09
1982 26.37
1983 25.66
1984 25.09
1985 24.73
1986 24.55
1987 24.50
1988 24.59
1989 24.78
1990 25.06
1991 25.40
1992 25.81
1993 26.29
1994 26.79
1995 27.25
1996 27.63
1997 27.90
1998 28.07
1999 28.20
2000 28.28
2001 28.30
2002 28.26
2003 28.17
2004 28.01
2005 27.81
2006 27.38
2007 26.93
2008 26.51
2009 26.14
2010 25.81
2011 25.35
2012 24.89
2013 24.44
2014 23.97
2015 23.52
2016 23.29
2017 23.01
2018 22.70
2019 22.43
2020 22.21

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population