Antigua and Barbuda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source
Antigua and Barbuda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 80.05596044
1961 80.2871979
1962 80.97520714
1963 81.88944154
1964 83.94581713
1965 86.75517425
1966 89.18227216
1967 91.4670147
1968 93.49041164
1969 95.09074771
1970 94.73890733
1971 92.7993094
1972 90.89138709
1973 88.88335433
1974 86.64225303
1975 84.09855389
1976 81.49587316
1977 79.07054684
1978 76.77172927
1979 74.71335857
1980 72.78125416
1981 70.77625571
1982 68.84350572
1983 67.10012007
1984 65.49436638
1985 64.41787574
1986 63.91084093
1987 63.51924787
1988 63.30687358
1989 63.34933388
1990 63.49624351
1991 62.79676627
1992 61.31680056
1993 60.05154013
1994 59.03023118
1995 58.14797688
1996 57.40122677
1997 56.64357198
1998 55.74058972
1999 54.75985828
2000 53.97587395
2001 53.27608398
2002 52.35153644
2003 51.34333566
2004 50.28651931
2005 49.10577605
2006 48.00029273
2007 47.03130042
2008 46.19288449
2009 45.48489803
2010 44.67442135
2011 43.80368098
2012 42.98481661
2013 42.26669882
2014 41.7495314
2015 41.28559984
2016 40.91616357
2017 40.74171326
2018 40.56732584
2019 40.48160066
2020 40.62158553
2021 40.8716546
2022 41.17381354
Antigua and Barbuda | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source