Sentence examples for support ratios from inspiring English sources

All have relatively high fertility rates; their support ratios remain well over 2 until beyond 2050.

Only by raising the retirement age to 75 could current support ratios be maintained.For Europe, these calculations offer an uncomfortable reminder that its population may have peaked around 1997 and may now be declining.

Yes, said the report, but only up to a point: even if everyone of working age were in work, support ratios in 2050 would still drop below three even in the United States.

The support ratios of the HYPER system are about 4 5 for TRU, Tc-99, and I-129.

And it attributed to different effective length support ratios that the specimens with striation units of 30° and 60° get better wear resistance than the one with striation units of 45°.

The first and the last maps show total support ratios of European NUTS-2 regions at the beginning and at the end of the whole study period, 2003 and 2043, 10 observed and 30 projected years; color scales are fixed for easier comparison.

The so-called support ratio (roughly, the proportion of workers to pensioners) is declining everywhere.

That makes the real support ratio in some countries, like Britain, about 2.5 already.

However, the old age support ratio is then expected to dip to 2.87 by 2035, but the ONS points out that it would fall to 2.17 if the planned changes did not go ahead.

Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the Isle of Man faced more severe challenges than the rest of the UK "in terms of demographics and the support ratio of workers to retired population".

The ONS also estimates that the "old age support ratio" – the number of people of working age compared with the number of state pensioners – will rise from 3.16 in 2010 to 3.28 in 2020 because of the later state retirement date.