Algeria | 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
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source
Algeria | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.14164869
1961 6.45076055
1962 6.98499596
1963 7.48032973
1964 7.85932695
1965 8.12557147
1966 8.12406465
1967 7.88924695
1968 7.63854496
1969 7.37942201
1970 7.12651007
1971 6.88928601
1972 6.67003657
1973 6.46454975
1974 6.2689159
1975 6.27833546
1976 6.54335366
1977 6.63478103
1978 6.49510338
1979 6.35348142
1980 6.22191474
1981 6.10406303
1982 6.00280703
1983 5.91924646
1984 5.85283113
1985 5.80384351
1986 5.77123551
1987 5.75572947
1988 5.75554459
1989 5.75846392
1990 5.7596358
1991 5.76803566
1992 5.78322337
1993 5.79736023
1994 5.8075474
1995 5.81013596
1996 6.04637708
1997 6.52553889
1998 6.78658244
1999 6.82127088
2000 6.85352579
2001 6.88871354
2002 6.92572149
2003 6.96152518
2004 6.99451492
2005 7.03279779
2006 7.06570344
2007 7.08403901
2008 7.09641909
2009 7.11411597
2010 7.14604839
2011 7.20067212
2012 7.28922704
2013 7.42802216
2014 7.62955317
2015 7.8879663
2016 8.18647739
2017 8.50659959
2018 8.84321884
2019 9.19556872
2020 9.50095142
2021 9.79622772
2022 10.14434009
Algeria | 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
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source