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CHART 6.3

Persons receiving disability benefits as a percent of the working-age population, 1990 and 1999

  • Only Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany experienced a decline between 1990 and 1999 in the percentage of persons receiving disability benefits.

  • The Netherlands had the highest rate of persons receiving disability benefits in both years.

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Chart of Persons receiving disability benefits as a percent of the working-age population, 1990 and 1999

NOTE: Benefits include contributory and non-contributory disability benefits, periodic cash payments of industrial injury benefits, and war disability pensions. The working-age population is defined as persons ages 15 to 64.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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