Slovak Republic - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Slovak Republic was 47.61 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 62.65 in 1964 and 38.46 in 2009.

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 61.92
1961 62.01
1962 62.32
1963 62.64
1964 62.65
1965 62.22
1966 61.83
1967 61.01
1968 59.91
1969 58.83
1970 57.95
1971 57.21
1972 56.70
1973 56.39
1974 56.21
1975 56.14
1976 56.60
1977 57.07
1978 57.50
1979 57.79
1980 57.85
1981 57.66
1982 57.18
1983 56.59
1984 56.11
1985 55.85
1986 55.74
1987 55.87
1988 56.01
1989 55.87
1990 55.34
1991 54.86
1992 53.99
1993 52.85
1994 51.62
1995 50.40
1996 49.43
1997 48.39
1998 47.29
1999 46.14
2000 44.94
2001 43.75
2002 42.65
2003 41.62
2004 40.66
2005 39.78
2006 39.29
2007 38.89
2008 38.60
2009 38.46
2010 38.48
2011 38.85
2012 39.28
2013 39.81
2014 40.53
2015 41.45
2016 42.47
2017 43.72
2018 45.09
2019 46.41
2020 47.61

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