Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 73.66068625
1961 74.44552861
1962 74.87227271
1963 74.88339944
1964 74.53388275
1965 73.8602707
1966 72.87315613
1967 71.56819565
1968 69.99736082
1969 68.30330141
1970 66.61252009
1971 65.03245279
1972 63.59982122
1973 62.22209789
1974 60.80365026
1975 59.34033327
1976 57.84127307
1977 56.32448662
1978 54.80355055
1979 53.29753517
1980 51.86789241
1981 50.59475752
1982 49.50027406
1983 48.55757754
1984 47.75174049
1985 47.04968475
1986 46.43261338
1987 45.92407924
1988 45.54843826
1989 45.28752543
1990 45.12258364
1991 45.0900935
1992 47.09758144
1993 50.34218932
1994 52.22663514
1995 51.94882434
1996 49.45987542
1997 47.46676965
1998 46.37524597
1999 45.58037389
2000 44.86416526
2001 44.25809234
2002 43.78809258
2003 43.50892936
2004 43.50310432
2005 43.48162664
2006 43.2518613
2007 43.06769687
2008 43.0627625
2009 43.14635983
2010 43.12465637
2011 42.97348274
2012 42.85620421
2013 42.89416014
2014 43.13299371
2015 43.61519231
2016 44.2930625
2017 45.16964459
2018 46.25670174
2019 47.43051394
2020 48.51534157
2021 49.39312268
2022 49.85554477

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source