Caribbean small states | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
Caribbean small states
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63
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Caribbean small states | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
82.07601712 1960
83.3400945 1961
84.51703124 1962
85.65071473 1963
86.8875441 1964
88.05257637 1965
88.97894914 1966
89.76508186 1967
90.3129417 1968
90.41561779 1969
89.80868507 1970
88.51076705 1971
86.85063558 1972
84.96738493 1973
82.93032015 1974
80.70040635 1975
78.39692937 1976
76.26040287 1977
74.28158852 1978
72.42803598 1979
70.71384907 1980
69.09550469 1981
67.60219592 1982
66.35035491 1983
65.32277586 1984
64.43935732 1985
63.61449345 1986
62.78285883 1987
61.96083084 1988
61.18368195 1989
60.4033428 1990
59.59096025 1991
58.8636887 1992
58.19533259 1993
57.46029831 1994
56.56627052 1995
55.46888175 1996
54.26850244 1997
53.03079036 1998
51.75036361 1999
50.38367733 2000
48.96803278 2001
47.60299762 2002
46.30353809 2003
45.11125228 2004
44.04685021 2005
43.0293258 2006
41.9800249 2007
40.93537321 2008
39.93922378 2009
38.91342944 2010
37.9204584 2011
37.02539161 2012
36.18117684 2013
35.40330825 2014
34.74573738 2015
34.17975398 2016
33.6182656 2017
32.90476917 2018
32.28041561 2019
31.78200115 2020
31.20898714 2021
30.70087524 2022
Caribbean small states | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source