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

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