Arab World | 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
Arab World
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63
Source
Arab World | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
88.91804326 1960
89.81435503 1961
90.58603383 1962
91.30880204 1963
91.94726048 1964
92.51582005 1965
93.02800463 1966
93.42494017 1967
93.64215306 1968
93.74359841 1969
93.8272929 1970
93.89849464 1971
93.97090695 1972
94.00588948 1973
93.90367663 1974
93.93362603 1975
94.09284167 1976
93.93050828 1977
93.52192742 1978
93.0729219 1979
92.58596472 1980
92.0966612 1981
91.6099761 1982
91.1294615 1983
90.6718554 1984
90.21031363 1985
89.7549301 1986
89.29781489 1987
88.76293152 1988
88.12899186 1989
87.54191319 1990
86.61371861 1991
85.54239082 1992
84.41970844 1993
83.18025271 1994
81.82687296 1995
80.38423167 1996
78.85685452 1997
77.30108226 1998
75.75613625 1999
74.24339394 2000
72.79477088 2001
71.42580279 2002
70.13066793 2003
68.9053576 2004
67.6484121 2005
66.24074494 2006
64.79893445 2007
63.65266918 2008
62.80912495 2009
62.25152467 2010
62.06925981 2011
62.11525975 2012
62.32520363 2013
62.58765687 2014
62.73801763 2015
62.70644873 2016
62.56358131 2017
62.36728813 2018
62.13616425 2019
62.01212619 2020
61.83478639 2021
61.39866438 2022
Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source