Bosnia and Herzegovina | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
Records
63
Source
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
67.39375287 1960
68.00108067 1961
68.20206129 1962
67.95963087 1963
67.35771197 1964
66.4465568 1965
65.24149778 1966
63.74690398 1967
62.00740249 1968
60.14453 1969
58.27176343 1970
56.4873503 1971
54.8257376 1972
53.2096357 1973
51.56398556 1974
49.89977078 1975
48.23392474 1976
46.58638492 1977
44.98347621 1978
43.46186175 1979
42.07658592 1980
40.90130676 1981
39.94956743 1982
39.15882889 1983
38.46836886 1984
37.82656129 1985
37.19231608 1986
36.56565172 1987
35.97775744 1988
35.42099762 1989
34.86902735 1990
34.36555903 1991
35.40375769 1992
37.29747269 1993
37.97049765 1994
36.95970033 1995
34.47568292 1996
32.41132956 1997
30.9743365 1998
29.68279508 1999
28.42874538 2000
27.2695135 2001
26.23636065 2002
25.34706215 2003
24.62136485 2004
23.96901526 2005
23.29939675 2006
22.86158454 2007
22.77842133 2008
22.8264561 2009
22.79733631 2010
22.61331638 2011
22.33307077 2012
22.01572422 2013
21.7705106 2014
21.67811394 2015
21.6766752 2016
21.74598888 2017
21.87788201 2018
22.02694249 2019
22.1644783 2020
22.28841733 2021
22.28243893 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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