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Workforce Size to Each Dependent (65+)

The number of workers in the workforce to each deependent (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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