Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source
Comoros | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.3737572
1961 6.43610322
1962 6.5056472
1963 6.58897275
1964 6.68082486
1965 6.76191736
1966 6.83073177
1967 6.8731402
1968 6.91746455
1969 6.99904201
1970 7.09702679
1971 7.21472068
1972 7.35420094
1973 7.50881177
1974 7.68094958
1975 7.86289058
1976 8.05142405
1977 8.24363333
1978 8.4314264
1979 8.59497158
1980 8.66577372
1981 8.66797286
1982 8.72046813
1983 8.80064107
1984 8.83192456
1985 8.81090525
1986 8.74189665
1987 8.63887879
1988 8.50816025
1989 8.35726649
1990 8.23333177
1991 8.18733786
1992 8.13663764
1993 8.05355654
1994 7.98502115
1995 7.91030546
1996 7.83006844
1997 7.74729467
1998 7.66193736
1999 7.66675955
2000 7.73427019
2001 7.74831998
2002 7.73310289
2003 7.68052332
2004 7.71611137
2005 7.86611846
2006 8.00114087
2007 8.09310397
2008 8.11142727
2009 8.0436799
2010 7.9102183
2011 7.7497807
2012 7.59662467
2013 7.47759104
2014 7.40585227
2015 7.37464281
2016 7.36044593
2017 7.40720991
2018 7.50625086
2019 7.58105125
2020 7.57749588
2021 7.49359481
2022 7.41652269

Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source