Workforce Size to Each Elderly Dependent (65+)

The number of workers in the workforce to each elderly eependent (65+ Years of age) data provides a crucial perspective on demographic aging, quantifying the number of individuals of working to support each elderly person.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C. and World Economics Research, London



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  Workforce participants to Each Elderly Dependent (65+)
Country: 1960 1970 2000 2020 2025 2030 2050
Italy 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.8
Japan 4.9 2.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.0
Greece 2.1 1.4 1.6 1.5 0.9
Croatia 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1 1.7 1.5 0.9
Serbia 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.2
Portugal 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.1
France 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.4
Bulgaria 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.2
Finland 3.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.5
Ukraine 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.1
Hong Kong 2.6 1.9 1.5 0.7
North Macedonia 2.5 2.0 1.7 1.2
Romania 3.3 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.2
Latvia 2.7 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.4
Spain 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7 0.9
Belgium 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.3
Germany 2.6 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.4
Slovenia 3.1 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.2
Poland 3.1 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.1
Czechia 3.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.3
Estonia 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.4
Hungary 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.5
Argentina 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.3
Austria 3.0 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.3
Taiwan 9.2 4.9 3.0 2.3 1.8 0.9
Cyprus 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.1
Denmark 3.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.7
Moldova 2.8 2.3 2.1 1.7
Sweden 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.7
Korea, Rep. 5.5 3.0 2.3 1.8 0.9
Lithuania 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.5
United Kingdom 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.2 1.7
Georgia 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.7
United States 3.9 3.8 3.8 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.7
Canada 4.7 3.7 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.7
Slovak Republic 3.5 2.8 2.4 2.2 1.3
Lebanon 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.5
Netherlands 3.5 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.8
Albania 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.4
Switzerland 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.5
Armenia 3.0 2.6 2.1 1.4
Singapore 6.0 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.1
Norway 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.4 1.6
Sri Lanka 3.2 2.6 2.3 1.5
Malta 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.5
Russia 3.0 2.8 2.5 1.8
Tunisia 3.5 2.8 2.3 1.2
Australia 4.3 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.5 1.9
Belarus 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.5 1.6
Trinidad and Tobago 3.8 2.9 2.4 1.4
New Zealand 3.9 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.0
Uruguay 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.9
Chile 3.5 3.0 2.6 1.4
Mauritius 3.7 3.0 2.4 1.4
Luxembourg 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.6 1.6
Ireland 3.7 3.1 3.1 2.8 1.6
Costa Rica 4.1 3.2 2.6 1.4
Thailand 3.9 3.2 2.6 1.4
Morocco 6.0 4.5 3.3 2.8 1.6
Türkiye 5.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 1.4
China 3.9 3.4 2.7 1.3
Iceland 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.0
Israel 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.7
Algeria 4.3 3.7 3.2 1.5
Bahamas, The 4.8 3.8 3.2 1.9
South Africa 4.5 3.8 3.4 2.2
Suriname 4.6 3.9 3.2 2.0
Brazil 7.4 4.6 3.9 3.3 1.8
Nepal 4.3 4.0 3.8 2.4
Colombia 4.8 4.0 3.3 1.8
Eswatini 6.5 4.1 3.9 2.5
Panama 5.1 4.2 3.6 2.0
Guyana 5.0 4.3 3.7 2.7
India 6.8 4.1 4.3 3.7 2.0
Libya 5.1 4.7 3.8 1.4
Ecuador 5.6 4.9 4.3 2.3
Dominican Republic 5.9 4.9 4.1 2.5
Kazakhstan 5.9 4.9 4.2 3.1
Egypt 5.1 4.9 4.4 2.7
Peru 9.9 6.0 5.1 4.5 2.5
Jamaica 5.9 5.1 4.1 2.0
Jordan 5.5 5.1 4.1 1.9
Mexico 5.5 5.1 4.4 2.4
Sudan 6.7 5.1 4.7 3.5
Azerbaijan 6.8 5.2 4.0 2.4
El Salvador 5.7 5.3 4.8 2.9
Vietnam 7.1 5.4 4.4 2.3
Yemen, Rep. 5.4 5.4 5.1 2.9
Myanmar 6.4 5.5 4.7 2.9
Gabon 5.6 5.5 5.2 3.2
Malaysia 6.7 5.6 4.8 2.4
Cabo Verde 6.6 5.7 4.8 2.4
Pakistan 6.2 5.9 5.6 4.2
Bangladesh 6.2 6.0 5.3 2.9
Kyrgyzstan 7.0 6.0 5.0 3.6
Tajikistan 7.7 6.1 5.0 3.3
Indonesia 8.0 6.9 6.2 5.2 2.8
Uzbekistan 6.2 5.2 3.6
Brunei 8.8 6.4 5.0 2.1
Liberia 6.4 6.4 6.3 4.7
Mauritania 6.2 6.4 6.3 4.9
Paraguay 9.2 8.0 6.6 5.8 3.5
Bhutan 6.4 6.8 6.1 2.6
Comoros 5.3 6.8 6.9 4.9
Guinea 6.7 6.8 6.8 5.7
Philippines 7.8 6.9 5.9 3.5
Namibia 7.4 7.0 6.3 4.0
Mongolia 9.0 7.0 5.6 3.0
Gambia 11.6 7.1 6.3 4.7
Honduras 9.0 7.2 6.4 3.2
Lesotho 7.3 7.3 7.5 5.1
Senegal 7.8 7.5 7.3 4.9
Congo, Rep. 8.4 7.7 7.0 4.5
Nicaragua 8.3 7.7 6.8 3.3
Haiti 8.3 7.9 7.4 4.6
Afghanistan 7.5 8.0 7.7 5.4
Rwanda 8.6 8.1 7.9 5.6
Botswana 8.6 8.2 7.5 4.5
Guatemala 8.7 8.3 7.7 4.4
Cambodia 15.5 9.3 8.4 7.2 4.5
Burkina Faso 14.6 8.4 8.3 5.4
Bolivia 7.9 8.6 8.0 5.0
Ethiopia 10.4 12.0 8.9 8.1 5.9
Zimbabwe 8.4 8.9 10.4 6.4
Ghana 11.7 11.1 9.0 7.8 4.7
Laos 9.1 9.4 8.2 4.6
Nigeria 9.7 9.8 9.8 7.4
Kenya 12.3 10.0 9.1 5.6
Congo, Dem. Rep 11.6 10.1 10.0 9.9
Guinea-Bissau 5.0 10.2 10.0 6.3
Sierra Leone 10.5 10.4 9.9 6.7
Papua New Guinea 8.3 10.6 9.0 5.3
Togo 12.0 10.8 10.2 7.0
Madagascar 13.5 11.0 10.3 7.6
Angola 11.2 11.1 10.6 8.8
Mali 10.1 11.6 12.4 8.9
Cameroon 13.1 11.9 11.5 7.6
Benin 11.1 12.2 11.6 8.7
Chad 12.4 12.4 11.8 9.0
Mozambique 12.5 13.0 14.2 11.4
Malawi 10.9 13.4 13.3 7.7
Tanzania 13.5 13.4 13.8 9.9
Niger 12.4 13.5 13.4 11.9
Bahrain 18.6 16.8 13.9 11.2 6.1
Kuwait 12.3 14.0 12.0 6.3
Cote d'Ivoire 12.8 14.1 13.3 8.3
Burundi 12.6 15.4 16.1 9.7
Zambia 15.7 15.8 14.1 7.1
Uganda 18.3 17.5 16.3 10.4
Oman 19.5 19.5 18.0 7.9
Qatar 60.2 41.0 38.9 21.8
United Arab Emirates 49.8 44.7 35.2 36.2




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