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

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