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