Chile | 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
Republic of Chile
Records
63
Source
Chile | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.80575113
1961 5.94400893
1962 6.07770754
1963 6.18175401
1964 6.26512623
1965 6.35214293
1966 6.42236493
1967 6.48795599
1968 6.5549074
1969 6.60635259
1970 6.65731029
1971 6.71743152
1972 6.77189519
1973 6.84090429
1974 6.92571112
1975 7.02377224
1976 7.11051446
1977 7.20134081
1978 7.31910928
1979 7.41793443
1980 7.50317054
1981 7.607362
1982 7.72387848
1983 7.82884214
1984 7.93696366
1985 8.07528503
1986 8.24283727
1987 8.43573919
1988 8.65476287
1989 8.91588769
1990 9.21385123
1991 9.5488529
1992 9.92393389
1993 10.30093989
1994 10.65745746
1995 10.98187839
1996 11.27014525
1997 11.54026921
1998 11.7885417
1999 12.01151033
2000 12.24319905
2001 12.47639101
2002 12.6942845
2003 12.89436098
2004 13.07459252
2005 13.24892396
2006 13.42593902
2007 13.59740068
2008 13.7867763
2009 14.01575625
2010 14.24778321
2011 14.50602687
2012 14.81154783
2013 15.16858848
2014 15.56592267
2015 15.9977139
2016 16.44411519
2017 16.83635066
2018 17.1922339
2019 17.56080444
2020 17.96837101
2021 18.4153199
2022 18.98185504
Chile | 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
Republic of Chile
Records
63
Source