Djibouti | 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
Republic of Djibouti
Records
63
Source
Djibouti | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
4.37069396 1960
4.41130462 1961
4.45113322 1962
4.48767736 1963
4.52573068 1964
4.57672901 1965
4.63535528 1966
4.68675569 1967
4.73889938 1968
4.79733943 1969
4.85823095 1970
4.91423671 1971
4.96913651 1972
5.02638126 1973
5.08010202 1974
5.13295094 1975
5.17851775 1976
5.22555964 1977
5.27088503 1978
5.3105088 1979
5.34981131 1980
5.3909826 1981
5.42735273 1982
5.46198581 1983
5.49821993 1984
5.53544157 1985
5.56880002 1986
5.59840381 1987
5.6257567 1988
5.65286077 1989
5.67889025 1990
5.70605891 1991
5.73793549 1992
5.76937101 1993
5.79355547 1994
5.81852718 1995
5.82766247 1996
5.75817917 1997
5.65623354 1998
5.60400939 1999
5.58534059 2000
5.5704278 2001
5.56617202 2002
5.62674627 2003
5.73354582 2004
5.83168876 2005
5.8964836 2006
5.94481409 2007
6.00253773 2008
6.07064959 2009
6.15661322 2010
6.25307539 2011
6.35899767 2012
6.47526425 2013
6.59372428 2014
6.69199289 2015
6.75591712 2016
6.79945999 2017
6.84144309 2018
6.89077075 2019
6.92684999 2020
6.94454148 2021
6.97067957 2022
Djibouti | 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
Republic of Djibouti
Records
63
Source