Congo, Dem. Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
85.03683705 1960
84.55298434 1961
84.14158429 1962
83.95107154 1963
84.04286155 1964
84.28843012 1965
84.59805045 1966
84.93078 1967
85.27975075 1968
85.70015384 1969
86.20049583 1970
86.8695866 1971
87.61942837 1972
88.26744361 1973
88.85056088 1974
89.40102756 1975
89.95698005 1976
90.4635763 1977
90.12028648 1978
89.31649556 1979
89.14729747 1980
89.35140597 1981
89.56054054 1982
89.75356521 1983
89.73084946 1984
89.74763238 1985
89.96562909 1986
90.14288715 1987
90.30677461 1988
90.47443795 1989
90.48980715 1990
90.57546188 1991
91.11921877 1992
91.43141651 1993
89.80877143 1994
89.23553433 1995
91.63541243 1996
94.24784159 1997
95.55610161 1998
96.02689233 1999
96.36360133 2000
96.44931909 2001
96.44644304 2002
96.61774237 2003
96.74939789 2004
96.73061584 2005
96.70506318 2006
96.72844219 2007
96.88159359 2008
97.13158174 2009
97.14628509 2010
96.94534244 2011
96.98607261 2012
97.12530425 2013
97.22797684 2014
97.34418617 2015
97.30431459 2016
97.29973444 2017
97.53126505 2018
97.85242916 2019
97.99879192 2020
97.97042677 2021
97.85493617 2022
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source