High income OECD countries Compared by People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population
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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. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Israel | 0.61 | 2005 | ||
=2 | Sweden | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=2 | Norway | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
=2 | France | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
5 | Belgium | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
=6 | New Zealand | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=6 | United Kingdom | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=6 | Italy | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=6 | Denmark | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=6 | Iceland | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
=6 | Japan | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
12 | Finland | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Germany | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Chile | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Portugal | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=13 | Luxembourg | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=13 | United States | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Netherlands | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Australia | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Greece | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Austria | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
=18 | Switzerland | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
23 | Estonia | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
=24 | Ireland | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
=24 | Spain | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
26 | Canada | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
27 | Slovenia | 0.42 | 2005 | ||
=28 | Czech Republic | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
=28 | Poland | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
30 | Slovakia | 0.4 | 2005 | ||
31 | South Korea | 0.39 | 2005 |
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Interesting observations about People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population
- Uganda ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Mali ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Israel ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Sweden ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst European Union in 2005.
- Albania ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Europe in 2005.
- Pakistan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- United Arab Emirates has ranked last for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population since 1997.
- France ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Eurozone in 2005.
- Malawi ranked second for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Bhutan ranked first for age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population amongst Cold countries in 2005.