Cayman Islands | 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
Cayman Islands
Records
63
Source
Cayman Islands | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 63.01824212
1961 64.72398933
1962 66.59220146
1963 68.47498493
1964 70.07748858
1965 71.06499608
1966 71.68431184
1967 71.95467422
1968 71.92820133
1969 71.58658205
1970 70.21720243
1971 67.80566802
1972 65.06602641
1973 62.33258929
1974 59.45981041
1975 56.63877774
1976 53.9345008
1977 51.29467152
1978 48.69565217
1979 46.14280245
1980 44.20119414
1981 42.79733424
1982 41.31944444
1983 39.85485103
1984 38.44372059
1985 37.11793392
1986 35.8346395
1987 34.56129434
1988 33.40664566
1989 32.40772288
1990 31.4451863
1991 30.48712348
1992 29.63211987
1993 28.93574389
1994 28.37223401
1995 27.91196994
1996 27.5094697
1997 27.13113825
1998 26.74241324
1999 26.37627498
2000 26.27481379
2001 26.2890625
2002 26.16540408
2003 25.97789116
2004 25.7204907
2005 25.41271912
2006 25.07474969
2007 24.73657669
2008 24.4082346
2009 24.11764706
2010 23.94301359
2011 23.85585415
2012 23.70107418
2013 23.44653748
2014 23.17740978
2015 22.94383473
2016 22.76733007
2017 22.67311988
2018 22.61046216
2019 22.52162276
2020 22.34692875
2021 22.2628874
2022 22.3303606

Cayman Islands | 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
Cayman Islands
Records
63
Source