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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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | France | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| =1 | Sweden | 0.53 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Belgium | 0.52 | 2005 | ||
| =4 | Denmark | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =4 | Italy | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| =4 | United Kingdom | 0.51 | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Finland | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
| =8 | Germany | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =8 | Portugal | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =8 | Luxembourg | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =8 | Croatia | 0.49 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Netherlands | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Greece | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| =12 | Austria | 0.48 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Lithuania | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
| =15 | Cyprus | 0.47 | 2005 | ||
| =17 | Estonia | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
| =17 | Latvia | 0.46 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Hungary | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Ireland | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Spain | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Malta | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Bulgaria | 0.44 | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Romania | 0.43 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Slovenia | 0.42 | 2005 | ||
| =26 | Czech Republic | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
| =26 | Poland | 0.41 | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.4 | 2005 |