Bulgaria | 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
Republic of Bulgaria
Records
63
Source
Bulgaria | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 39.39999556
1961 38.785121
1962 38.06632082
1963 37.30715036
1964 36.58559708
1965 35.99748225
1966 35.52844233
1967 35.1168444
1968 34.87013969
1969 34.82976958
1970 34.80681903
1971 34.71931431
1972 34.61644841
1973 34.59372793
1974 34.7348942
1975 34.89772519
1976 34.97856404
1977 35.03553365
1978 35.03775084
1979 34.95751967
1980 34.80187367
1981 34.57966384
1982 34.32061099
1983 33.89499107
1984 33.33754957
1985 32.87382293
1986 32.5489764
1987 32.3188391
1988 32.04188099
1989 31.58384894
1990 31.01390972
1991 30.35430053
1992 29.58964977
1993 28.80140298
1994 27.96737476
1995 27.09750989
1996 26.26578433
1997 25.42280657
1998 24.56164929
1999 23.79131074
2000 23.12247989
2001 22.44421564
2002 21.75089368
2003 21.08710884
2004 20.48560392
2005 20.02053624
2006 19.75484094
2007 19.68869121
2008 19.75428148
2009 19.95466773
2010 20.26937196
2011 20.59208899
2012 20.94389044
2013 21.30202183
2014 21.50247029
2015 21.58218349
2016 21.6745153
2017 21.79795767
2018 21.91115789
2019 21.97608816
2020 22.00243274
2021 22.00976183
2022 21.99707986

Bulgaria | 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
Republic of Bulgaria
Records
63
Source