Antigua and Barbuda | 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source
Antigua and Barbuda | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.69573139
1961 6.90749407
1962 7.23786546
1963 7.62765221
1964 8.03963376
1965 8.41657012
1966 8.71098627
1967 8.94627265
1968 9.12515826
1969 9.25534845
1970 9.47781467
1971 9.85592665
1972 10.31837361
1973 10.82363972
1974 11.32909001
1975 11.7959923
1976 12.22452279
1977 12.61241133
1978 12.96749196
1979 13.30178475
1980 13.62002396
1981 13.92431638
1982 14.19475074
1983 14.44447283
1984 14.64489176
1985 14.81219352
1986 14.96707194
1987 15.05018422
1988 15.05908778
1989 15.00628899
1990 14.87878553
1991 14.6029472
1992 14.18342398
1993 13.7432232
1994 13.32305868
1995 12.92023121
1996 12.51578568
1997 12.10821511
1998 11.72797116
1999 11.41695143
2000 11.17676022
2001 10.99670179
2002 10.84292171
2003 10.69047065
2004 10.54505302
2005 10.42078931
2006 10.32053862
2007 10.2452404
2008 10.19913602
2009 10.19705705
2010 10.27298972
2011 10.41949925
2012 10.59412561
2013 10.791737
2014 11.05092607
2015 11.39351859
2016 11.83792867
2017 12.32430262
2018 12.77173496
2019 13.24630564
2020 13.78687629
2021 14.35781965
2022 14.99036377
Antigua and Barbuda | 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source