Arab World | 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.
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The World Bank
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Arab World
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63
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Arab World | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 82.07326218
1961 82.86447385
1962 83.51873151
1963 84.13429961
1964 84.68822721
1965 85.20178479
1966 85.69273735
1967 86.09287998
1968 86.31887836
1969 86.43275786
1970 86.5308294
1971 86.61576929
1972 86.6993029
1973 86.74815154
1974 86.67211052
1975 86.70773204
1976 86.83316381
1977 86.67578576
1978 86.33157035
1979 85.95229023
1980 85.52713657
1981 85.09791157
1982 84.67074038
1983 84.24007111
1984 83.81259489
1985 83.3633572
1986 82.90476328
1987 82.42783801
1988 81.86085534
1989 81.17716644
1990 80.52769985
1991 79.52969241
1992 78.39828972
1993 77.20883282
1994 75.9033547
1995 74.49192365
1996 72.97071682
1997 71.34282142
1998 69.71725112
1999 68.13400035
2000 66.59069212
2001 65.11713883
2002 63.72594801
2003 62.42096943
2004 61.20325215
2005 59.96392258
2006 58.57105386
2007 57.13767506
2008 55.98326449
2009 55.11950405
2010 54.54886123
2011 54.32909353
2012 54.29011453
2013 54.3833383
2014 54.5242105
2015 54.5784958
2016 54.48041701
2017 54.27605966
2018 54.01414784
2019 53.70945127
2020 53.51794548
2021 53.2729461
2022 52.74566774
Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source