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