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POPU11: Dependency ratio by reporting country, unit and time

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Number of dependents per 100 working-age population
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Nordic Statistics database [POPU02].
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Dependency ratio is a demographic measurement that displays the ratio between those generally not in the labour force and those generally in the labour force. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Both historical and projected dependency ratios are presented.

reporting country

Finland

Includes Åland.

EU

From June 2020: EU refers to EU27_2020, which is the European Union with a fixed area composition of the current 27 countries.

unit

Old age dependency ratio

(Population 65+ years / Population 20-64 years) * 100

Young age dependency ratio

(Population 0-19 years / Population 20-64 years) * 100

Total dependency ratio

((Population 0-19 years + Population 65+ years) / Population 20-64 years) * 100