Cayman Islands | 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
Cayman Islands
Records
63
Source
Cayman Islands | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.60364842
1961 12.29222245
1962 12.1039805
1963 12.05545509
1964 12.15974568
1965 12.29444009
1966 12.45428296
1967 12.57790368
1968 12.76831976
1969 13.01903898
1970 12.80625543
1971 12.21052632
1972 11.67466987
1973 11.24441964
1974 10.88170367
1975 10.59779314
1976 10.45030703
1977 10.45367002
1978 10.5156724
1979 10.61447167
1980 10.50298534
1981 10.18455229
1982 9.91602067
1983 9.67150497
1984 9.45349258
1985 9.27261488
1986 9.11703239
1987 9.02924704
1988 8.9995839
1989 8.91538898
1990 8.69588628
1991 8.38624473
1992 8.09240227
1993 7.85554898
1994 7.67765124
1995 7.52714811
1996 7.41398359
1997 7.36400408
1998 7.37984609
1999 7.39485818
2000 7.38431465
2001 7.35026042
2002 7.28947286
2003 7.22789116
2004 7.18436344
2005 7.13110569
2006 7.07721849
2007 7.03346869
2008 6.98553034
2009 6.99401795
2010 7.07484312
2011 7.19076182
2012 7.36711078
2013 7.56644836
2014 7.8049746
2015 8.13212825
2016 8.48372407
2017 8.83593944
2018 9.20264093
2019 9.57992929
2020 9.95970516
2021 10.38000311
2022 10.87243117

Cayman Islands | 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
Cayman Islands
Records
63
Source