British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
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63
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British Virgin Islands | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 99.97296567
1961 97.34818351
1962 93.09184994
1963 89.40313606
1964 86.11660079
1965 83.53423337
1966 82.26983753
1967 82.94591484
1968 86.21311106
1969 92.67916207
1970 97.76440241
1971 95.27167151
1972 88.94862605
1973 83.62730061
1974 78.9289012
1975 74.68376982
1976 70.59126848
1977 66.7219917
1978 63.08778687
1979 59.54044403
1980 56.79233992
1981 54.84839817
1982 52.95398857
1983 50.91356745
1984 48.75493097
1985 46.59704295
1986 44.65845465
1987 43.08533448
1988 41.89995883
1989 41.12464112
1990 40.77679168
1991 40.4915912
1992 39.99640643
1993 39.44585264
1994 38.89502762
1995 38.39735646
1996 38.06006102
1997 37.89144865
1998 37.80580459
1999 37.8336414
2000 37.93500973
2001 37.33249581
2002 35.73149511
2003 34.01626224
2004 32.67448284
2005 31.77553549
2006 31.23223826
2007 30.9781118
2008 31.03484857
2009 31.12058778
2010 30.71727406
2011 29.85502944
2012 28.87736809
2013 27.84549931
2014 26.86967572
2015 25.95829287
2016 25.00227293
2017 24.04711784
2018 23.10957814
2019 22.15281115
2020 21.16221925
2021 20.19452265
2022 19.18329388

British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
Records
63
Source