Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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63
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.26693338
1961 6.44444794
1962 6.67021142
1963 6.92376856
1964 7.17617078
1965 7.41371391
1966 7.63165835
1967 7.82129167
1968 7.98995833
1969 8.15877141
1970 8.34075665
1971 8.54510249
1972 8.77408362
1973 9.01246219
1974 9.2396647
1975 9.44056249
1976 9.60734833
1977 9.7381017
1978 9.82007434
1979 9.83567343
1980 9.79130649
1981 9.69345075
1982 9.55070663
1983 9.39874864
1984 9.28337163
1985 9.22312346
1986 9.2402973
1987 9.35842752
1988 9.57068083
1989 9.86652782
1990 10.25355629
1991 10.72453447
1992 11.69382375
1993 13.04471663
1994 14.25613749
1995 14.98912402
1996 14.9841925
1997 15.05544009
1998 15.40090947
1999 15.89757881
2000 16.43541988
2001 16.98857884
2002 17.55173193
2003 18.16186721
2004 18.88173947
2005 19.51261138
2006 19.95246455
2007 20.20611233
2008 20.28434117
2009 20.31990373
2010 20.32732006
2011 20.36016635
2012 20.52313344
2013 20.87843592
2014 21.36248312
2015 21.93707837
2016 22.6163873
2017 23.42365571
2018 24.37881974
2019 25.40357145
2020 26.35086328
2021 27.10470535
2022 27.57310584

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source