Curacao | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Curacao
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63
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Curacao | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 8.42913013
1961 8.44302756
1962 8.45636424
1963 8.48542977
1964 8.52620948
1965 8.57608917
1966 8.63872588
1967 8.71998197
1968 8.80219795
1969 8.87533184
1970 8.94835563
1971 9.01876166
1972 9.10787832
1973 9.23360151
1974 9.36755848
1975 9.47617794
1976 9.54820261
1977 9.57890533
1978 9.56606082
1979 9.52370558
1980 9.46678011
1981 9.42478956
1982 9.42737794
1983 9.47451657
1984 9.56664024
1985 9.69136798
1986 9.83760056
1987 10.00111597
1988 10.17074829
1989 10.35143569
1990 10.54478007
1991 10.76117169
1992 11.00736045
1993 11.28822905
1994 11.61431233
1995 11.98450721
1996 12.39166552
1997 12.83652176
1998 13.32784026
1999 13.86254874
2000 14.38991508
2001 14.8032867
2002 15.04622213
2003 15.18422118
2004 15.30648026
2005 15.45736825
2006 15.68395472
2007 16.00613894
2008 16.40950534
2009 16.88600765
2010 17.43862853
2011 18.026383
2012 18.57498011
2013 19.11831302
2014 19.70367632
2015 20.31514382
2016 20.9380888
2017 21.55235307
2018 20.22566708
2019 19.75641132
2020 20.93885759
2021 21.43284446
2022 22.0179883
Curacao | 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
Curacao
Records
63
Source