Africa | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
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Africa | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 80.30407804
1961 80.8288782
1962 81.33576643
1963 81.82783421
1964 82.31073659
1965 82.78672285
1966 83.25445675
1967 83.70694823
1968 84.13442134
1969 84.5250413
1970 84.87069663
1971 85.17157596
1972 85.4309705
1973 85.64502509
1974 85.80971524
1975 85.92481509
1976 85.98454
1977 85.99615463
1978 85.9857254
1979 85.98497408
1980 86.01150826
1981 86.06612716
1982 86.13204969
1983 86.18706987
1984 86.20418075
1985 86.15934128
1986 86.05517689
1987 85.89373568
1988 85.65523878
1989 85.32023385
1990 84.87439024
1991 84.32046161
1992 83.67386566
1993 82.96097655
1994 82.21204434
1995 81.44973813
1996 80.67947492
1997 79.90234847
1998 79.12658929
1999 78.35943713
2000 77.60840779
2001 76.88291446
2002 76.18998134
2003 75.52804094
2004 74.89767898
2005 74.30147709
2006 73.73713605
2007 73.20142868
2008 72.69032997
2009 72.20072012
2010 71.72081315
2011 71.26354673
2012

Africa | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source