OECD members - Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in OECD members was 19.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.17 in 2020, while its lowest value was 9.42 in 1960.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 9.42
1961 9.55
1962 9.67
1963 9.81
1964 9.94
1965 10.08
1966 10.23
1967 10.37
1968 10.52
1969 10.67
1970 10.83
1971 11.00
1972 11.16
1973 11.32
1974 11.49
1975 11.66
1976 11.84
1977 12.02
1978 12.20
1979 12.35
1980 12.45
1981 12.51
1982 12.52
1983 12.50
1984 12.52
1985 12.60
1986 12.71
1987 12.88
1988 13.07
1989 13.26
1990 13.44
1991 13.60
1992 13.74
1993 13.87
1994 14.00
1995 14.12
1996 14.24
1997 14.36
1998 14.47
1999 14.59
2000 14.72
2001 14.83
2002 14.95
2003 15.08
2004 15.20
2005 15.34
2006 15.47
2007 15.61
2008 15.75
2009 15.93
2010 16.16
2011 16.39
2012 16.67
2013 16.98
2014 17.31
2015 17.64
2016 17.94
2017 18.23
2018 18.53
2019 18.84
2020 19.17

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population