Antigua and Barbuda | 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source
Antigua and Barbuda | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 73.36022905
1961 73.37970383
1962 73.73734167
1963 74.26178933
1964 75.90618337
1965 78.33860413
1966 80.47128589
1967 82.52074205
1968 84.36525337
1969 85.83539926
1970 85.26109267
1971 82.94338275
1972 80.57301348
1973 78.05971461
1974 75.31316302
1975 72.3025616
1976 69.27135037
1977 66.45813551
1978 63.80423731
1979 61.41157382
1980 59.1612302
1981 56.85193933
1982 54.64875498
1983 52.65564724
1984 50.84947462
1985 49.60568222
1986 48.943769
1987 48.46906365
1988 48.2477858
1989 48.3430449
1990 48.61745798
1991 48.19381907
1992 47.13337658
1993 46.30831692
1994 45.7071725
1995 45.22774566
1996 44.8854411
1997 44.53535687
1998 44.01261857
1999 43.34290686
2000 42.79911374
2001 42.27938219
2002 41.50861473
2003 40.65286501
2004 39.74146629
2005 38.68498675
2006 37.67975411
2007 36.78606002
2008 35.99374846
2009 35.28784098
2010 34.40143163
2011 33.38418173
2012 32.390691
2013 31.47496182
2014 30.69860533
2015 29.89208125
2016 29.07823489
2017 28.41741065
2018 27.79559087
2019 27.23529501
2020 26.83470924
2021 26.51383495
2022 26.18344977

Antigua and Barbuda | 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
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source