Cabo Verde | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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.
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The World Bank
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Cabo Verde
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63
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Cabo Verde | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 91.46457181
1961 94.26752168
1962 97.01387653
1963 99.36569342
1964 101.27220396
1965 102.56529386
1966 103.2186075
1967 103.39924773
1968 103.17498624
1969 102.5938507
1970 101.80971316
1971 101.50836915
1972 101.93623883
1973 102.46525099
1974 102.78961591
1975 103.87078193
1976 105.58743764
1977 106.85507595
1978 107.63496589
1979 107.923054
1980 107.86009606
1981 107.54662193
1982 107.10645401
1983 106.75995627
1984 106.56695648
1985 106.55508557
1986 106.70357184
1987 106.96844879
1988 107.31033107
1989 107.5882895
1990 107.94740895
1991 108.03922773
1992 107.32074038
1993 105.946304
1994 104.06446237
1995 101.78148375
1996 99.23760938
1997 96.5909039
1998 93.89953839
1999 91.18907702
2000 88.40042264
2001 85.54272039
2002 82.71537728
2003 79.91912635
2004 77.15120999
2005 74.42795508
2006 71.75711546
2007 69.12694557
2008 66.5522238
2009 64.06419528
2010 61.63567067
2011 59.43211182
2012 57.44902985
2013 55.56704833
2014 53.85889778
2015 52.34687121
2016 51.14974109
2017 50.28170138
2018 49.50727248
2019 48.7280141
2020 47.95402719
2021 47.17614045
2022 46.47691157

Cabo Verde | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Cabo Verde
Records
63
Source