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