dependency ratio

Definition

Ratio of non-working (pension fund supported) segment of a population to the working (pension fund supporter) segment, expressed usually as a percentage. Although dependency ratio is increasing in most countries, it is growing faster in the developed ones, especially Japan. When reversed (number of working population divided by the number of non-working population) it is called support ratio. See also demographic time-bomb.


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