Chart: Employment-to-population ratio for ages 65 and over, 1979-2016

year	Employment-to-population ratio
1979	12.6
1980	12.2
1981	11.9
1982	11.5
1983	11.3
1984	10.7
1985	10.4
1986	10.6
1987	10.8
1988	11.2
1989	11.5
1990	11.4
1991	11.1
1992	11.1
1993	10.9
1994	11.9
1995	11.7
1996	11.6
1997	11.8
1998	11.6
1999	11.9
2000	12.5
2001	12.6
2002	12.7
2003	13.5
2004	13.9
2005	14.5
2006	15
2007	15.5
2008	16.1
2009	16.1
2010	16.2
2011	16.7
2012	17.3
2013	17.7
2014	17.7
2015	18.2
2016	18.6

Note: Author’s calculations using the Current Population Survey.