Africa Eastern and Southern | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
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The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
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63
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Africa Eastern and Southern | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.6269436
1961 5.59877579
1962 5.57171847
1963 5.54970167
1964 5.53423572
1965 5.5263477
1966 5.52544597
1967 5.53163222
1968 5.54377461
1969 5.55847688
1970 5.5756951
1971 5.5964249
1972 5.61736664
1973 5.63582025
1974 5.64869313
1975 5.65803356
1976 5.67240734
1977 5.6865251
1978 5.69941539
1979 5.71621704
1980 5.71924769
1981 5.71711368
1982 5.71938738
1983 5.70768549
1984 5.6897433
1985 5.67846595
1986 5.6670267
1987 5.66587234
1988 5.66005277
1989 5.64301771
1990 5.63253104
1991 5.63000638
1992 5.63148763
1993 5.62715332
1994 5.60109812
1995 5.56731953
1996 5.5521674
1997 5.53774852
1998 5.5108067
1999 5.48282788
2000 5.46284228
2001 5.44534807
2002 5.42774014
2003 5.4094919
2004 5.39349181
2005 5.38326126
2006 5.37532785
2007 5.36821035
2008 5.36226034
2009 5.36342661
2010 5.37802692
2011 5.40489656
2012 5.43879947
2013 5.47361176
2014 5.50991762
2015 5.54414748
2016 5.5845998
2017 5.63177711
2018 5.67701712
2019 5.71842422
2020 5.73311054
2021 5.70619943
2022 5.66235268

Africa Eastern and Southern | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source