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Total long-term care spending as a share of GDP, 2021: 0.7%
Long-term care workers per 100 people aged 65 and over, 2021: 1.8
Share of informal carers among the population aged 50 and over, 2019
– Daily carers: 8%
– Weekly carers: 2%
– Total:
Share of long-term care workers who work part time or on fixed contracts, 2021
– Part-time: 1.4%
– Fixed-term contract: 5.4%
Average hourly wages of personal care workers, as a share of economy-wide average wage, 2018
– Residential (facility-based) care: 65%
– Home-based care: 63%
Long-term care beds in institutions and hospitals per 1,000 population aged 65 years and over, 2021
– Institutions: 42.6
– Hospitals: 5.3
Long-term care recipients aged 65 and over receiving care at home, 2021: 74%
Population aged 15 years and over rating their own health as bad or very bad, 2021: 8.2%
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2021: 20.4%
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2050: 27.8%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2021: 4.6%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2050: 8.6%
Adults aged 65 and over rating their own health as good or very good, 2021: 29%
Adults aged 65 and over rating their own health as poor or very poor, by income, 2021
– Lowest quintile: 31%
– Highest quintile: 13%
– Total: 21%
Limitations in daily activities in adults aged 65 and over, 2021
– Some Limitations: 36%
– Severe Limitations: 14%
Share of adults aged 65 and over receiving long-term care, 2021: 10.9%
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2021: 17.7
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2040: 26.9

Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.

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Population, Mid-Year 2019: 9,685,000
Projected Population Mid-Year 2030: 9,338,000
Percentage of Population Under Age 25 Years, Mid-Year 2019: 25%
Percentage of Population 65 Years Or Over, Mid-Year 2019: 20%

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019: Data Booklet (ST/ESA/SER.A/424).

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