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Population aged 65 and above, female (% of female population) by country

Countries reporting
109
Highest
0.3%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Djibouti
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,558

What the numbers show

Population aged 65 and above, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 109 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 1,460.1%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 37.6%).

Population aged 65 and above, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 0.3% 2018 up 1,460.1% volatile
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3% 2019 up 51.5% rising
3 Latvia 0.3% 2016 up 21.7% rising
4 Italy 0.3% 2016 up 10.2% rising
5 Bulgaria 0.3% 2016 up 23.2% rising
6 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 12.9% rising
7 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 20.7% rising
8 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 19.3% rising
9 Finland 0.2% 2016 up 22.4% rising
10 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 14.0% rising
11 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 0.2% flat
12 Sweden 0.2% 2016 up 24.7% rising
13 Serbia 0.2% 2018 down 2.6% rising
14 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 29.5% rising
15 France 0.2% 2016 up 14.5% rising
16 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 14.0% rising
17 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 20.3% rising
18 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 2.0% flat
19 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 10.1% rising
20 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 18.8% rising
21 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 up 6.3% rising
22 Georgia 0.2% 2020 up 18.7% flat
23 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 18.5% rising
24 Malta 0.2% 2016 up 26.0% rising
25 Norway 0.2% 2016 up 9.0% rising
26 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 24.3% rising
27 Belgium 0.2% 2003 up 8.1% rising
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% 2016 up 11.6% rising
29 Belarus 0.2% 2020 up 17.5% rising
30 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 13.6% rising
31 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 up 26.8% rising
32 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 19.7% rising
33 Austria 0.2% 2003 down 1.2% flat
34 United States of America 0.2% 2018 up 22.8% rising
35 Armenia 0.2% 2020 up 32.0% rising
36 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 up 7.4% falling
37 Ukraine 0.2% 2014 down 15.3% falling
38 North Macedonia 0.2% 2020 up 25.7% rising
39 Russian Federation 0.2% 2019 up 59.7% rising
40 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 18.0% rising
41 Montenegro 0.2% 2013 up 97.9% rising
42 Puerto Rico 0.2% 2005 up 237.4% rising
43 Chile 0.2% 2017 up 48.7% rising
44 Iceland 0.2% 2015 up 19.9% rising
45 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 9.5% flat
46 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 14.3% rising
47 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 28.1% rising
48 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 339.4% volatile
49 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 53.2% rising
50 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 54.0% rising
51 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 9.4% rising
52 Türkiye 0.1% 2019 up 68.7% rising
53 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 58.1% rising
54 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 up 48.9% rising
55 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 37.4% rising
56 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 24.3% rising
57 Peru 0.1% 2021 up 17.3% rising
58 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 up 35.2% rising
59 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 down 8.0% falling
60 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 34.4% rising
61 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 19.2% rising
62 Kosovo 0.1% 2017 up 39.3% rising
62 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.1% 2017 up 39.3% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 up 29.8% rising
65 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 34.7% rising
66 China 0.1% 2013 up 58.4% rising
67 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 39.7% rising
68 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 11.8% rising
69 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 11.9% rising
70 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 28.4% flat
71 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 32.2% rising
72 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 37.1% rising
73 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1% 2021 up 28.4% rising
74 South Africa 0.1% 2020 up 25.6% rising
75 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 53.3% rising
76 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 3.1% falling
77 Morocco 0.1% 2013 up 1.2% rising
78 India 0.1% 2019 up 31.5% rising
79 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 30.1% rising
80 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 184.5% rising
81 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 8.2% rising
82 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 19.8% rising
83 Ghana 0.1% 2016 up 16.2% rising
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1% 2006 up 25.0% rising
85 Cambodia 0.1% 2012 up 45.8% rising
86 Kenya 0.1% 2019 up 37.1% rising
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1% 2018 up 22.8% rising
88 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 8.2% rising
89 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 22.7% rising
90 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 up 45.6% rising
91 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 27.6% rising
92 Malawi 0.0% 2019 up 15.9% rising
93 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0% 2020 down 2.0% rising
94 Jordan 0.0% 2016 up 26.6% rising
95 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 20.7% rising
96 Togo 0.0% 2018 up 5.0% rising
97 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 31.7% rising
98 Palestine, State of 0.0% 2017 down 37.6% falling
99 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 10.9% falling
100 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 13.8% rising
101 Egypt 0.0% 2019 down 19.3% flat
102 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 7.1% rising
103 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 12.0% falling
104 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 17.9% rising
105 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 up 3.0% flat
106 Gambia 0.0% 2020 down 8.1% falling
107 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 up 1.8% falling
108 Mali 0.0% 2018 down 28.6% falling
109 Djibouti 0.0% 2017 up 18.1% rising

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Indicator
Population aged 65 and above, female (% of female population)
Unit
% of female population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
109 places, 1,558 data points, 1970–2021
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