Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
157 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Taoiseach the economic dependency ratio here for each of the past ten years; the economic dependency ratio on a county basis; the economic dependency ratio as compared to other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31979/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy regarding dependency ratios is not available at a county level for each of the past ten years. However, the breakdown is available at a NUTS3 level and is set out below. The data was derived from the annual Population and Migration Estimates releases, published in respect of Mid-April each year. For comparison purposes an additional table detailing dependency ratios in the European Union is set out below.
|
Dependency ratios |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
|
percentage |
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|
State |
Young dependency |
32.6 |
32.0 |
31.2 |
30.9 |
30.7 |
30.3 |
29.8 |
29.6 |
30.1 |
31.0 |
31.9 |
|
Old dependency |
16.7 |
16.6 |
16.4 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
16.3 |
15.9 |
15.8 |
15.9 |
16.3 |
17.0 |
|
|
Total dependency |
49.4 |
48.5 |
47.6 |
47.2 |
47.0 |
46.5 |
45.7 |
45.4 |
46.0 |
47.3 |
48.9 |
|
|
Border |
Young dependency |
35.7 |
35.1 |
34.7 |
34.0 |
33.3 |
33.1 |
32.7 |
32.2 |
32.5 |
32.9 |
33.6 |
|
Old dependency |
19.8 |
19.5 |
19.2 |
18.9 |
18.7 |
18.7 |
18.1 |
17.9 |
18.1 |
18.4 |
18.3 |
|
|
Total dependency |
55.5 |
54.6 |
53.9 |
53.0 |
52.0 |
51.7 |
50.9 |
50.2 |
50.6 |
51.3 |
51.9 |
|
|
Dublin |
Young dependency |
28.9 |
28.2 |
27.1 |
26.9 |
26.8 |
26.4 |
25.9 |
25.8 |
26.5 |
27.6 |
29.0 |
|
Old dependency |
14.4 |
14.4 |
14.4 |
14.4 |
14.5 |
14.6 |
14.5 |
14.3 |
14.5 |
14.9 |
16.0 |
|
|
Total dependency |
43.3 |
42.6 |
41.5 |
41.3 |
41.4 |
41.1 |
40.4 |
40.0 |
41.0 |
42.5 |
45.0 |
|
|
Mid-East |
Young dependency |
35.1 |
34.4 |
34.2 |
33.7 |
33.6 |
33.4 |
32.9 |
33.0 |
33.7 |
34.7 |
35.6 |
|
Old dependency |
12.4 |
12.2 |
12.1 |
11.9 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
11.5 |
11.5 |
11.7 |
12.2 |
12.6 |
|
|
Total dependency |
47.5 |
46.6 |
46.2 |
45.6 |
45.4 |
45.1 |
44.4 |
44.5 |
45.4 |
47.0 |
48.2 |
|
|
Midland |
Young dependency |
36.3 |
35.6 |
35.2 |
34.9 |
34.8 |
34.2 |
33.4 |
33.3 |
33.7 |
34.6 |
35.7 |
|
Old dependency |
18.2 |
18.0 |
17.8 |
17.5 |
17.2 |
17.0 |
16.5 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
16.9 |
17.5 |
|
|
Total dependency |
54.5 |
53.6 |
53.0 |
52.4 |
52.0 |
51.2 |
49.9 |
49.5 |
50.0 |
51.5 |
53.2 |
|
|
Mid-West |
Young dependency |
33.1 |
32.3 |
31.5 |
31.5 |
31.3 |
31.0 |
30.4 |
30.3 |
30.7 |
31.4 |
31.9 |
|
Old dependency |
17.4 |
17.3 |
17.3 |
17.3 |
17.4 |
17.2 |
16.9 |
16.8 |
16.7 |
17.3 |
17.6 |
|
|
Total dependency |
50.6 |
49.6 |
48.9 |
48.7 |
48.8 |
48.2 |
47.3 |
47.1 |
47.4 |
48.6 |
49.5 |
|
|
South-East |
Young dependency |
34.6 |
34.0 |
33.5 |
33.3 |
33.1 |
32.6 |
31.9 |
31.6 |
31.9 |
32.6 |
33.3 |
|
Old dependency |
18.0 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.4 |
17.4 |
17.5 |
18.0 |
18.7 |
|
|
Total dependency |
52.7 |
51.8 |
51.2 |
51.1 |
51.0 |
50.5 |
49.3 |
49.0 |
49.4 |
50.6 |
52.0 |
|
|
South-West |
Young dependency |
32.2 |
31.6 |
30.9 |
30.7 |
30.4 |
29.8 |
29.4 |
29.3 |
29.5 |
30.3 |
31.2 |
|
Old dependency |
17.9 |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.8 |
17.6 |
17.1 |
16.9 |
17.0 |
17.5 |
18.3 |
|
|
Total dependency |
50.1 |
49.5 |
48.6 |
48.5 |
48.2 |
47.4 |
46.6 |
46.2 |
46.5 |
47.8 |
49.5 |
|
|
West |
Young dependency |
34.4 |
33.4 |
32.0 |
31.3 |
30.9 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
29.7 |
30.1 |
30.6 |
31.4 |
|
Old dependency |
20.9 |
20.5 |
19.6 |
19.3 |
19.1 |
18.7 |
18.3 |
18.2 |
18.3 |
18.6 |
18.7 |
|
|
Total dependency |
55.3 |
53.9 |
51.6 |
50.6 |
50.1 |
49.0 |
48.4 |
47.9 |
48.4 |
49.2 |
50.1 |
1Data for years 2000-2005 is based on the de facto definition of population while data for years 2006-2010 is based on the usual resident concept.
|
Geography |
Young dependency |
Old dependency |
Total dependency |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
|
European Union (27 countries) |
22.8 |
25.6 |
48.4 |
|
Belgium* |
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|
Bulgaria |
19.4 |
25.2 |
44.6 |
|
Czech Republic |
19.9 |
20.9 |
40.8 |
|
Denmark |
27.8 |
24.1 |
51.9 |
|
Germany (including ex-GDR) |
20.6 |
30.6 |
51.1 |
|
Estonia |
22.0 |
25.2 |
47.2 |
|
Greece |
21.4 |
27.9 |
49.3 |
|
Spain |
21.5 |
24.2 |
45.8 |
|
France |
28.5 |
25.4 |
53.8 |
|
Italy |
21.4 |
30.5 |
51.9 |
|
Cyprus |
24.4 |
18.1 |
42.5 |
|
Latvia |
19.9 |
25.0 |
44.9 |
|
Lithuania |
21.9 |
23.2 |
45.1 |
|
Luxembourg (Grand-Duché) |
26.4 |
20.4 |
46.8 |
|
Hungary |
21.6 |
21.5 |
43.2 |
|
Malta |
22.6 |
19.6 |
42.2 |
|
Netherlands |
26.4 |
22.3 |
48.6 |
|
Austria |
22.4 |
25.7 |
48.1 |
|
Poland |
21.5 |
18.9 |
40.4 |
|
Portugal |
22.8 |
23.7 |
46.4 |
|
Romania |
21.7 |
21.3 |
43.0 |
|
Slovenia |
20.1 |
23.6 |
43.7 |
|
Slovakia |
21.3 |
16.7 |
38.0 |
|
Finland |
25.2 |
25.2 |
50.3 |
|
Sweden |
25.4 |
27.1 |
52.5 |
|
England1 |
26.5 |
24.6 |
51.1 |
|
Wales1 |
26.4 |
28.3 |
54.7 |
|
Scotland1 |
24.5 |
25.0 |
49.5 |
|
Northern Ireland1 |
30.3 |
21.6 |
52.0 |
1Dependency ratios in the UK are based on mid 2009 population estimates sourced from the Office of National Statistics, UK.
*No data available for Belgium on Eurostat website.
The young and old dependency ratios are derived by expressing the young population (aged 0-14 years) and the old population (aged 65 years and over) as percentages of the population of working age (15-64 years).
The total dependency ratio is the sum of the young and old ratios.
