UNECE said ageing of population and decreasing of able-bodied citizens is serious demographic problem for countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The report said population of Europe is the oldest in the world and this trend will remain in future as well. It added that number of old people is increasing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. For instance, for last three years men’s life length in Russia grew by three years.

For last 50 years, average lifetime in the world increased by over 20 years and after 50 years, each fifth person in the Earth will be over 60. Today, in Europe 4.4 worker fell to share of each pensioner at the age of 65 and over. By 2025, the figure will be 3.1 and by 2050, it will shrink further to 2.1. In 2050, two old persons will fell to share of one child in average.

UNECE experts called all states of the regions to adopt measures on building society for all ages. Today, people at the pension age are healthier than earlier. At the same, they said that young generation should not suffer from attention to old people. They added that each person in any age should have opportunity to contribute to development of the society.