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