Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source
Comoros | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 74.85095658
1961 76.15488568
1962 77.66673335
1963 79.43152548
1964 81.30047204
1965 82.80372183
1966 83.93321449
1967 84.93946027
1968 85.7219444
1969 86.23772834
1970 86.54984778
1971 86.73550437
1972 86.85780564
1973 86.96004837
1974 87.08014966
1975 87.23725921
1976 87.46962014
1977 87.80518276
1978 88.2473542
1979 88.79588494
1980 89.42767159
1981 90.19528239
1982 91.1649177
1983 92.17620469
1984 93.05018026
1985 93.74878675
1986 94.23919158
1987 94.51681758
1988 94.60015031
1989 94.51132836
1990 94.33162618
1991 94.17497495
1992 94.13619111
1993 94.14421688
1994 93.95557527
1995 93.49439825
1996 92.80802734
1997 91.92810574
1998 90.8834836
1999 90.57056356
2000 91.18434023
2001 91.97237587
2002 92.72874616
2003 92.1869632
2004 90.1242217
2005 87.86446723
2006 85.7731146
2007 83.76869559
2008 81.82608197
2009 79.95224705
2010 78.17265363
2011 76.51334116
2012 74.97253011
2013 73.55237989
2014 72.2688484
2015 71.12256197
2016 70.0949781
2017 69.1804054
2018 68.47297564
2019 67.88340598
2020 67.26185183
2021 66.62265858
2022 65.93412968

Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source