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

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