Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 79.44762296
1961 79.02598579
1962 78.67724622
1963 78.53977016
1964 78.6739298
1965 78.95475382
1966 79.2873477
1967 79.63414308
1968 79.99295417
1969 80.417002
1970 80.91621985
1971 81.57215129
1972 82.30104503
1973 82.93117492
1974 83.49454907
1975 84.02264723
1976 84.55160547
1977 85.03393706
1978 84.70154256
1979 83.92686379
1980 83.76925161
1981 83.97165403
1982 84.17623385
1983 84.36782806
1984 84.35204213
1985 84.37467849
1986 84.58992654
1987 84.76229592
1988 84.91936447
1989 85.07636367
1990 85.08302593
1991 85.15170155
1992 85.65954532
1993 85.94309133
1994 84.36181281
1995 83.80238129
1996 86.11496524
1997 88.6199099
1998 89.8525883
1999 90.27577114
2000 90.56914376
2001 90.61977601
2002 90.58573677
2003 90.71916627
2004 90.81566123
2005 90.76866404
2006 90.71600935
2007 90.71322885
2008 90.83762121
2009 91.05586846
2010 91.04910156
2011 90.83900213
2012 90.87077004
2013 91.01328655
2014 91.1359245
2015 91.27994407
2016 91.27709022
2017 91.30596468
2018 91.55276084
2019 91.87763807
2020 92.05742055
2021 92.10575771
2022 92.07666524

Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source