Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source
Dominica | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
101.59910369 1960
103.31594008 1961
104.70092614 1962
106.08305648 1963
107.60133461 1964
109.53257511 1965
111.92744655 1966
114.5966584 1967
117.44715447 1968
120.26558704 1969
120.48836688 1970
117.37633062 1971
113.54564626 1972
109.97104218 1973
106.67697785 1974
103.673551 1975
100.96070358 1976
98.44583815 1977
96.07195996 1978
93.7431774 1979
91.31734172 1980
88.00299023 1981
83.9098506 1982
80.23093421 1983
77.32012127 1984
75.08559131 1985
73.43951682 1986
72.26547295 1987
71.68325041 1988
71.88651437 1989
72.85550801 1990
73.3925168 1991
72.69365317 1992
71.74177529 1993
70.93523047 1994
70.20266614 1995
69.51204568 1996
68.77840215 1997
68.00458157 1998
67.17282328 1999
66.2903579 2000
65.13532505 2001
63.67429147 2002
62.20405261 2003
60.82082552 2004
59.45343519 2005
58.11482197 2006
56.74499168 2007
55.40442838 2008
54.26207082 2009
53.32381866 2010
52.05937002 2011
50.41814966 2012
49.17737845 2013
47.30326581 2014
45.46606824 2015
44.39018359 2016
43.29940973 2017
42.52394752 2018
41.92131929 2019
41.43845036 2020
41.2035412 2021
41.14918885 2022
Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source