Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source
Burundi | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.1105802
1961 6.12813447
1962 6.15925202
1963 6.2250367
1964 6.25411291
1965 6.24906682
1966 6.23771003
1967 6.23322361
1968 6.23943915
1969 6.26134149
1970 6.28315041
1971 6.28953813
1972 6.37795293
1973 6.45667776
1974 6.43204914
1975 6.42525055
1976 6.43437625
1977 6.41994476
1978 6.38099768
1979 6.37228208
1980 6.26255744
1981 6.16614442
1982 6.16625561
1983 6.15458558
1984 6.15317136
1985 6.15954052
1986 6.1684537
1987 6.1296251
1988 6.06047676
1989 5.98366664
1990 5.88530246
1991 5.76970324
1992 5.60846868
1993 5.76477782
1994 5.69791784
1995 5.3284418
1996 5.26468821
1997 5.22408546
1998 5.11577921
1999 5.00423869
2000 4.92379554
2001 4.84477783
2002 4.77677829
2003 4.71487229
2004 4.6468735
2005 4.59163276
2006 4.55006967
2007 4.51428869
2008 4.47395504
2009 4.43387461
2010 4.40883652
2011 4.39904594
2012 4.39495721
2013 4.3987429
2014 4.39301112
2015 4.46788572
2016 4.61896393
2017 4.73199744
2018 4.80173091
2019 4.84171851
2020 4.85450918
2021 4.83342926
2022 4.79641866

Burundi | 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
Republic of Burundi
Records
63
Source