The number of elderly compared to the number of working age people is set to double in the next 50 years.

Ratio of demographic dependency of older people in the OECD and Switzerland

Note: The ratio of demographic dependency is defined as the number of people over the age of 65 for each 100 people between the ages of 20 and 64.
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