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

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Netherlands was 55.61 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 63.84 in 1960 and 44.78 in 1989.

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 63.84
1961 63.83
1962 63.24
1963 62.32
1964 61.47
1965 60.91
1966 60.66
1967 60.50
1968 60.43
1969 60.29
1970 60.01
1971 59.61
1972 59.05
1973 58.32
1974 57.44
1975 56.43
1976 55.45
1977 54.39
1978 53.25
1979 52.05
1980 50.84
1981 49.67
1982 48.53
1983 47.48
1984 46.55
1985 45.78
1986 45.39
1987 45.08
1988 44.87
1989 44.78
1990 44.79
1991 44.93
1992 45.13
1993 45.40
1994 45.70
1995 45.99
1996 46.32
1997 46.60
1998 46.83
1999 47.01
2000 47.17
2001 47.33
2002 47.54
2003 47.76
2004 47.94
2005 48.05
2006 48.32
2007 48.44
2008 48.51
2009 48.72
2010 49.16
2011 49.75
2012 50.58
2013 51.53
2014 52.40
2015 53.08
2016 53.72
2017 54.19
2018 54.57
2019 55.01
2020 55.61

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