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 Ageing ratio (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Ageing ratio (No.) by Sex; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period 1970
Last available period 2022
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  In extracommunity trade is the calendar month during which the goods are imported or exported and is determined by the date of acceptance of the Single Administrative Document by Customs Authorities. In intracommunity trade is the calendar month during which the event that originates the intracommunity transaction occurred, i.e., for arrivals, at the time of receipt of the goods by the company and for dispatches, at the time the goods left the company.
  • AGEING INDEX:  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 young persons (from 0 to 14).
Formule AR=[(P(65, +)/ P(0, 14)]*10^n

P(65, +)=Resident population with 65 and more years old.
P(0, 14)=Resident population aged between 0 and 14 years old.
n=2.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/06/2023


information presented in 19/3/2024