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