British Virgin Islands | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Virgin Islands
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63
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British Virgin Islands | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 112.24655312
1961 109.09573058
1962 104.45019405
1963 100.25290845
1964 96.36857708
1965 93.29797493
1966 91.61761243
1967 91.89873418
1968 94.84118045
1969 101.03638368
1970 105.9544282
1971 103.48403152
1972 97.27200319
1973 92.06288344
1974 87.38688827
1975 83.18189916
1976 79.23685115
1977 75.55186722
1978 72.15535227
1979 68.87129328
1980 66.21783363
1981 64.07322654
1982 61.84317996
1983 59.58273941
1984 57.21153846
1985 54.91668622
1986 52.92273236
1987 51.34005146
1988 50.19555373
1989 49.41094941
1990 49.04093902
1991 48.67861763
1992 48.01006199
1993 47.32103837
1994 46.6638334
1995 46.00578273
1996 45.49542316
1997 45.18547442
1998 44.94757636
1999 44.8207024
2000 44.85913971
2001 44.17225014
2002 42.47757998
2003 40.74524617
2004 39.43281567
2005 38.64400779
2006 38.25167671
2007 38.19189204
2008 38.51906858
2009 38.95082978
2010 38.90317052
2011 38.35040325
2012 37.70046998
2013 36.9902959
2014 36.34866099
2015 35.78859759
2016 35.18956269
2017 34.63519506
2018 34.14698859
2019 33.72067625
2020 33.25430013
2021 32.76170975
2022 32.33429151
British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
Records
63
Source