Cabo Verde | 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.
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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, old (% of working-age population)
7.99529206 1960
8.19351863 1961
8.35349582 1962
8.53525716 1963
8.71297921 1964
8.88228852 1965
9.03707642 1966
9.17625209 1967
9.30022097 1968
9.40434539 1969
9.45392467 1970
9.53149244 1971
9.70908794 1972
9.9009298 1973
10.06211097 1974
10.23992284 1975
10.43224964 1976
10.58849487 1977
10.70200917 1978
10.76979108 1979
10.78437154 1980
10.73885268 1981
10.6511129 1982
10.54380759 1983
10.43200906 1984
10.33219078 1985
10.25499391 1986
10.20428755 1987
10.18375599 1988
10.17394177 1989
10.12805521 1990
10.03298746 1991
9.91043804 1992
9.76979166 1993
9.61651798 1994
9.45579399 1995
9.29870474 1996
9.15133228 1997
9.00489799 1998
8.85259425 1999
8.85981754 2000
9.03266397 2001
9.22513214 2002
9.42863781 2003
9.62132879 2004
9.79121466 2005
9.93221074 2006
10.04540352 2007
10.13439421 2008
10.20487383 2009
9.96213496 2010
9.46309029 2011
9.02613317 2012
8.64877636 2013
8.33821706 2014
8.07526763 2015
7.89890399 2016
7.84241747 2017
7.84725839 2018
7.88476607 2019
7.9426508 2020
8.00733971 2021
8.13052701 2022
Cabo Verde | 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
Cabo Verde
Records
63
Source