Africa Western and Central | 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. 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
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Africa Western and Central
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63
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Africa Western and Central | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 74.62152033
1961 74.92900949
1962 75.30225139
1963 75.85031857
1964 76.6579496
1965 77.38735676
1966 77.91557784
1967 78.43187126
1968 78.9314598
1969 79.42389446
1970 79.88823361
1971 80.36518614
1972 80.8693044
1973 81.36265274
1974 81.86828347
1975 82.39824743
1976 82.89648349
1977 83.3698507
1978 83.90288968
1979 84.47638411
1980 85.1017032
1981 85.75724997
1982 86.36997121
1983 87.027324
1984 87.75952505
1985 88.41051954
1986 88.88451444
1987 89.14261375
1988 89.07651427
1989 88.86380147
1990 88.6565484
1991 88.35047461
1992 87.92440629
1993 87.40984047
1994 86.87064892
1995 86.30032356
1996 85.74630958
1997 85.24937623
1998 84.7367095
1999 84.30838662
2000 84.04361449
2001 83.91560637
2002 83.83047546
2003 83.71894483
2004 83.61162927
2005 83.56134857
2006 83.58023569
2007 83.61063275
2008 83.63996646
2009 83.66873749
2010 83.70313868
2011 83.75954704
2012 83.84123364
2013 83.85286418
2014 83.69078491
2015 83.39774736
2016 82.99723829
2017 82.48271916
2018 81.89625989
2019 81.26070722
2020 80.54363982
2021 79.77336133
2022 78.95939977

Africa Western and Central | 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. 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source