Bahrain | 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
Kingdom of Bahrain
Records
63
Source
Bahrain | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 4.28211587
1961 4.16758496
1962 4.05621548
1963 3.94329258
1964 3.81296187
1965 3.83334632
1966 4.02511888
1967 4.238677
1968 4.46063928
1969 4.69482325
1970 4.94372198
1971 5.01590989
1972 4.8497471
1973 4.63157448
1974 4.41673281
1975 4.21052632
1976 4.02012904
1977 3.84629686
1978 3.68804229
1979 3.54394339
1980 3.42061073
1981 3.3559916
1982 3.34664138
1983 3.34699294
1984 3.34571096
1985 3.34689256
1986 3.34697984
1987 3.34652248
1988 3.34918664
1989 3.34697516
1990 3.33724661
1991 3.36
1992 3.41941008
1993 3.48410045
1994 3.54601611
1995 3.59471886
1996 3.62427601
1997 3.63959278
1998 3.64168096
1999 3.62803609
2000 3.60877175
2001 3.59279531
2002 3.57877147
2003 3.51226341
2004 3.3644356
2005 3.20694091
2006 3.07486557
2007 2.95314475
2008 2.84253712
2009 2.74877423
2010 2.7586016
2011 2.84164514
2012 2.87899249
2013 3.05786447
2014 3.41793958
2015 3.60813861
2016 3.60321284
2017 3.57842989
2018 3.62465184
2019 3.82959265
2020 4.17898617
2021 4.58231452
2022 4.93781625
Bahrain | 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
Kingdom of Bahrain
Records
63
Source