British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
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63
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British Virgin Islands | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.27358746
1961 11.74754707
1962 11.35834411
1963 10.84977238
1964 10.25197628
1965 9.76374156
1966 9.3477749
1967 8.95281933
1968 8.62806938
1969 8.35722161
1970 8.1900258
1971 8.21236002
1972 8.32337714
1973 8.43558282
1974 8.45798707
1975 8.49812934
1976 8.64558267
1977 8.82987552
1978 9.0675654
1979 9.33084925
1980 9.42549372
1981 9.22482838
1982 8.8891914
1983 8.66917196
1984 8.4566075
1985 8.31964328
1986 8.26427772
1987 8.25471698
1988 8.2955949
1989 8.28630829
1990 8.26414734
1991 8.18702643
1992 8.01365556
1993 7.87518574
1994 7.76880578
1995 7.60842627
1996 7.43536213
1997 7.29402577
1998 7.14177177
1999 6.987061
2000 6.92412998
2001 6.83975433
2002 6.74608486
2003 6.72898393
2004 6.75833282
2005 6.8684723
2006 7.01943844
2007 7.21378024
2008 7.48422002
2009 7.830242
2010 8.18589647
2011 8.49537381
2012 8.82310189
2013 9.1447966
2014 9.47898527
2015 9.83030471
2016 10.18728975
2017 10.58807722
2018 11.03741045
2019 11.5678651
2020 12.09208087
2021 12.5671871
2022 13.15099763
British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
Records
63
Source