Population aged 65 and over as a share of the working-age population (15-64), worldwide. Rising old-age dependency captures population ageing and is a structural driver of demand for migrant labour and pension/welfare strain.
How to read it
Lower is better — readings above the norm count as worse, so they plot downward here.
Measured value over time. Its norm (10.0 % of working-age population) is far off this scale, so the series stays worse than norm throughout — the deviation badge shows the gap.
Each driver linked to this indicator, strongest pull first, on the same timeline above. Markers are the facts that moved that driver. These are modelled influences — treat them as correlational unless a documented causal edge is shown.
No drivers are linked to this indicator yet.
Population aged 65 and over as a share of the working-age population (15-64), worldwide. Rising old-age dependency captures population ageing and is a structural driver of demand for migrant labour and pension/welfare strain.
Factrail hasn’t mapped a verified causal chain for this indicator yet. This reflects the relationships currently captured in the graph.