Number of Workers to Each Elderly Dependent

The Number of Workers to Each Elderly Dependent data provides a crucial perspective on demographic aging, quantifying the number of individuals of working age available to support each elderly person.

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  Number of Workers to Each Elderly Dependent
Country: 1970 1990 2010 2020 2024 2030 2050
Japan 9.9 5.7 2.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.4
Finland 7.2 5.0 3.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.1
Greece 6.1 4.9 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.4 1.5
Italy 5.8 4.6 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.4
Portugal 6.5 4.9 3.6 2.8 2.6 2.2 1.6
Croatia 7.1 5.9 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.4 1.8
Germany 4.6 4.7 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.9
France 4.9 4.7 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.1
Serbia 7.8 6.1 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.0 10.4 4.6 3.3 2.9 2.4 1.6
Bulgaria 7.0 5.1 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 1.9
Hong Kong 13.7 8.1 5.6 3.7 2.9 2.2 1.0
Latvia 5.5 5.7 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.0
Slovenia 6.9 6.4 4.2 3.2 2.9 2.5 1.7
Denmark 5.3 4.3 4.0 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.3
Estonia 5.6 5.7 3.9 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.9
Sweden 4.8 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.3
Belgium 4.7 4.5 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.1
Czechia 5.5 5.3 4.5 3.1 3.1 2.8 1.9
Hungary 5.8 5.0 4.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.1
Netherlands 6.1 5.4 4.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.3
Spain 6.5 4.9 4.0 3.4 3.1 2.6 1.5
Austria 4.4 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.2 2.6 1.8
Lithuania 6.2 6.1 3.8 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.1
Poland 7.9 6.4 5.3 3.7 3.2 2.9 1.8
Romania 7.6 6.3 4.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.1
Switzerland 5.7 4.7 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.7 1.9
United Kingdom 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.4
Canada 7.8 6.1 4.9 3.7 3.3 2.8 2.4
Malta 7.2 6.3 4.6 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.0
Norway 4.9 4.0 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.2
Slovak Republic 6.9 6.3 5.8 4.0 3.5 3.0 1.9
Ukraine 7.2 5.5 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.1
Australia 7.5 6.1 5.0 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.5
Korea, Rep. 16.1 14.1 6.6 4.5 3.6 2.7 1.3
North Macedonia 11.8 9.3 6.0 4.1 3.6 3.1 2.2
Taiwan 20.4 11.1 6.8 4.5 3.6 2.7 1.4
United States 6.4 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.6 3.1 2.6
Belarus 7.0 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.7 3.2 2.2
New Zealand 7.0 6.0 5.1 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.5
Russia 8.6 6.7 5.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 2.5
Albania 10.9 11.5 6.2 4.6 3.9 3.1 2.2
Moldova 9.9 7.6 6.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 2.8
Georgia 8.0 7.4 4.9 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.0
Ireland 5.2 5.4 6.0 4.5 4.1 3.7 2.2
Uruguay 7.0 5.4 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 2.7
Iceland 6.7 6.1 5.5 4.6 4.3 3.7 2.6
Luxembourg 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 3.7 2.3
Thailand 18.2 16.7 8.3 5.5 4.5 3.5 2.0
China 14.9 12.3 8.4 5.5 4.7 3.8 1.9
Cyprus 7.4 6.8 6.3 5.2 4.7 4.1 2.3
Israel 9.2 6.5 6.3 5.0 4.8 4.6 3.9
Armenia 11.6 12.8 6.5 5.5 4.9 3.7 2.6
Chile 14.7 10.6 6.8 5.5 4.9 4.0 2.3
Argentina 9.6 7.1 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.0 3.2
Mauritius 15.2 12.2 10.0 6.3 5.3 4.0 2.4
Sri Lanka 14.7 11.0 9.0 6.2 5.4 4.6 3.1
Singapore 17.2 13.0 10.8 6.6 5.5 4.2 2.4
Costa Rica 16.1 13.2 9.2 6.6 5.6 4.4 2.5
Trinidad and Tobago 12.8 13.7 11.8 6.8 5.6 4.4 2.6
Bahamas, The 16.1 12.5 7.4 6.3 6.0 4.9 3.0
Brazil 18.5 14.7 10.3 7.2 6.3 5.0 2.8
Lebanon 10.6 14.5 11.4 6.9 6.3 5.4 3.9
Türkiye 11.4 12.5 9.3 7.6 6.6 5.4 2.8
Panama 15.4 13.9 10.3 7.9 7.0 5.8 3.4
Tunisia 14.5 13.9 10.6 8.1 7.0 5.6 3.1
Colombia 17.9 15.4 11.4 8.3 7.1 5.5 3.2
Kazakhstan 12.3 10.9 10.5 8.3 7.1 5.9 4.5
Peru 12.2 16.1 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.3 3.6
Vietnam 9.7 10.2 11.5 9.0 7.5 5.8 3.2
Azerbaijan 12.5 15.6 12.2 10.1 8.1 5.8 3.6
Ecuador 13.2 15.6 10.8 8.7 8.1 6.8 3.8
Mexico 18.2 13.9 10.5 8.8 8.1 6.8 3.9
Morocco 15.9 18.5 12.7 9.4 8.1 6.7 3.9
El Salvador 15.4 19.6 9.1 8.5 8.2 7.4 4.7
Dominican Republic 17.9 16.4 12.7 9.6 8.3 6.8 4.3
Suriname 11.2 18.9 10.9 9.4 8.4 6.7 4.3
Jamaica 8.1 7.8 11.2 10.1 8.9 6.9 3.5
Malaysia 19.2 16.7 13.5 10.3 9.1 7.5 4.0
Indonesia 17.5 14.9 11.2 10.2 9.3 7.6 4.3
Myanmar 14.5 13.2 12.7 10.5 9.3 7.9 5.0
Guyana 13.7 14.9 13.7 10.8 9.5 7.9 6.0
India 14.9 14.3 12.8 10.5 9.5 8.1 4.6
Algeria 13.5 16.9 13.9 10.8 9.6 7.9 3.9
Cabo Verde 9.0 10.6 12.8 11.0 9.9 7.9 4.1
Paraguay 12.5 14.5 12.5 10.5 9.9 8.3 5.3
Nepal 17.2 15.2 12.5 10.5 10.0 9.4 6.3
Bangladesh 17.2 15.4 14.7 11.1 10.1 8.8 4.9
South Africa 15.2 14.7 12.5 11.0 10.1 8.6 6.0
Cambodia 17.9 17.5 16.1 11.6 10.4 8.6 5.6
Brunei 18.5 24.4 20.8 13.0 10.5 7.9 3.4
Uzbekistan 8.8 16.1 13.9 12.2 10.8 8.5 6.1
Kyrgyzstan 10.8 11.9 14.7 12.0 10.9 8.7 6.5
Bhutan 23.3 18.9 12.8 11.8 11.2 10.0 4.4
Bolivia 12.8 13.7 11.0 11.2 11.5 10.4 6.8
Nicaragua 19.6 18.2 13.9 12.5 11.9 10.1 5.2
Mongolia 8.4 14.3 17.9 14.7 12.2 9.3 5.1
Philippines 22.2 19.6 18.2 13.7 12.2 10.1 6.2
Egypt 13.9 14.3 15.9 13.2 12.3 10.8 6.7
Comoros 12.7 12.0 12.8 12.8 13.0 13.3 9.7
Guatemala 22.7 15.4 14.5 13.5 13.2 11.9 7.1
Libya 13.7 20.0 16.4 14.1 13.5 10.5 4.0
Haiti 14.5 14.1 15.4 14.3 13.7 12.5 8.1
Pakistan 18.5 15.4 15.4 14.5 13.7 12.8 10.1
Laos 17.5 15.2 15.9 15.2 13.9 11.9 6.9
Turkmenistan 11.4 15.6 17.5 17.2 14.1 10.5 6.1
Jordan 14.9 22.2 17.5 16.1 14.3 11.0 5.4
Gabon 7.5 9.0 13.9 14.9 14.5 13.7 8.8
Eswatini 16.9 20.0 19.6 15.9 14.7 13.9 9.2
Honduras 16.1 15.9 19.2 15.9 14.7 12.8 6.6
Rwanda 16.9 21.3 20.0 16.4 14.9 14.3 10.4
Zimbabwe 15.2 16.1 17.2 15.2 15.4 18.2 11.8
Tajikistan 11.9 14.9 18.9 18.5 15.6 12.0 8.3
Botswana 11.4 16.1 18.5 16.1 15.9 14.5 8.9
Lesotho 13.2 12.8 13.9 15.9 15.9 16.4 11.6
Guinea 14.1 12.5 14.3 15.9 16.1 15.9 13.9
Namibia 12.0 15.6 17.5 16.7 16.1 14.1 9.4
Senegal 19.6 16.9 15.2 15.9 16.1 15.6 10.8
Ghana 14.5 20.0 16.9 17.2 16.4 14.1 8.7
Congo, Dem. Rep 18.9 18.5 16.4 16.4 16.7 16.4 16.7
Mauritania 18.9 16.7 14.9 16.1 16.7 16.4 13.2
Madagascar 14.3 17.5 20.0 17.9 16.9 15.6 11.8
Sudan 18.9 17.9 20.4 18.5 16.9 15.2 11.9
Liberia 18.9 17.5 16.4 17.2 17.2 16.9 13.0
Benin 10.2 13.9 17.2 17.9 17.9 16.9 13.0
Ethiopia 18.9 18.5 18.9 18.5 17.9 15.9 12.0
Tanzania 20.0 16.9 18.5 17.9 17.9 18.5 13.7
Togo 17.2 17.5 20.4 18.5 17.9 16.7 11.8
Guinea-Bissau 12.7 9.5 18.9 18.9 18.2 17.5 11.5
Nigeria 16.7 16.4 17.5 18.2 18.2 18.5 14.3
Papua New Guinea 50.0 25.6 22.2 20.0 18.2 14.9 9.1
Sierra Leone 13.5 13.5 16.4 18.2 18.2 17.2 12.0
Angola 17.9 23.3 19.2 19.2 18.5 17.5 14.9
Gambia 20.0 12.7 20.0 20.0 18.5 15.9 12.2
Congo, Rep. 14.5 15.6 20.8 20.0 18.9 16.7 11.2
Mozambique 17.9 16.9 19.2 18.5 19.2 21.3 17.5
Niger 32.3 23.8 20.0 19.6 19.6 19.2 17.5
Bahrain 18.5 30.3 35.7 23.3 20.0 15.6 8.8
Cameroon 13.3 13.9 17.9 19.6 20.0 19.2 13.2
Kenya 20.4 22.7 25.6 20.8 20.4 18.5 11.6
Burkina Faso 17.2 14.5 19.2 20.8 20.8 20.4 13.9
Burundi 15.9 17.2 23.3 20.8 20.8 21.7 13.5
Cote d'Ivoire 21.3 20.4 23.3 22.2 21.7 20.4 13.0
Malawi 18.2 13.2 13.9 20.0 21.7 22.2 13.2
Mali 18.2 13.3 17.9 20.0 21.7 23.3 17.2
Yemen, Rep. 16.1 16.1 19.6 22.2 22.2 20.8 12.3
Afghanistan 20.0 22.2 21.3 22.7 22.7 21.7 15.9
Central African Republic 13.2 17.5 27.8 22.2 22.7 21.7 29.4
Chad 13.5 14.3 21.7 24.4 24.4 23.3 18.2
Saudi Arabia 18.2 27.8 29.4 28.6 25.0 20.0 8.8
Uganda 20.0 15.9 25.0 25.6 25.0 22.7 15.2
Kuwait 30.3 34.5 41.7 18.9 25.6 21.3 11.4
Oman 15.2 22.2 26.3 27.8 27.8 25.0 11.2
Zambia 16.4 16.9 28.6 30.3 29.4 25.0 13.2
United Arab Emirates 45.5 66.7 58.8 52.6 45.5 35.7 38.5
Qatar 27.0 66.7 100.0 66.7 50.0 47.6 27.0




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