Bahamas, The | 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
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
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63
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Bahamas, The | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.48171621 1960
6.27672595 1961
6.09773657 1962
5.95311578 1963
5.91339275 1964
5.94435129 1965
5.98645719 1966
6.06435066 1967
6.16538315 1968
6.27080182 1969
6.31349556 1970
6.31649334 1971
6.3670412 1972
6.45330437 1973
6.54765688 1974
6.63526683 1975
6.71717772 1976
6.79635477 1977
6.85822909 1978
6.90164546 1979
6.94589698 1980
7.02928212 1981
7.14196006 1982
7.25429867 1983
7.36640409 1984
7.4473071 1985
7.47761109 1986
7.46535233 1987
7.40384732 1988
7.31576788 1989
7.26981157 1990
7.25025969 1991
7.21564842 1992
7.20688925 1993
7.26185027 1994
7.33163987 1995
7.36158383 1996
7.40139571 1997
7.46443169 1998
7.56020206 1999
7.70776118 2000
7.85625843 2001
7.98494164 2002
8.11624728 2003
8.27076945 2004
8.4434375 2005
8.61349996 2006
8.78631305 2007
8.94688098 2008
9.08656513 2009
9.1869056 2010
9.2909564 2011
9.46104759 2012
9.65436972 2013
9.85833488 2014
10.08567931 2015
10.30946027 2016
10.53235356 2017
10.81662996 2018
11.17757411 2019
11.56992116 2020
11.93140696 2021
12.34079722 2022
Bahamas, The | 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
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Records
63
Source