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