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 Old-age dependency ratio (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Old-age dependency ratio (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period 2021
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2024)
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • OLD-AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO:  The ratio of the number of elderly persons of an age when they are generally economically inactive (aged 65 and over) to the number of persons of working age (from 15 to 64).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule ODR=[(P(65, +)/ P(15, 64))]*10^n

P(65, +)=Resident population with 65 and more years old.
P(15, 64)=Resident population aged between 15 and 64 years old.
n=2.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 18/06/2025


information presented in 4/11/2025