Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source
Dominica | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
90.58531948 1960
92.23699714 1961
93.53706242 1962
94.79401993 1963
96.14812857 1964
97.87653672 1965
100.02946665 1966
102.43440804 1967
104.99837398 1968
107.51417004 1969
107.61673121 1970
104.62116468 1971
100.94746172 1972
97.46245932 1973
94.18099046 1974
91.14177165 1975
88.34831807 1976
85.7347197 1977
83.23008251 1978
80.70236162 1979
78.02857517 1980
74.48508752 1981
70.22537351 1982
66.38735099 1983
63.31188839 1984
60.8945515 1985
59.04142617 1986
57.68295056 1987
56.87737782 1988
56.75509703 1989
57.27186785 1990
57.56093891 1991
57.02648676 1992
56.26815642 1993
55.55555556 1994
54.81578041 1995
54.03769331 1996
53.183484 1997
52.21036214 1998
51.11938483 1999
49.89902922 2000
48.5280221 2001
47.10113653 2002
45.71868705 2003
44.38086304 2004
43.02862848 2005
41.62986475 2006
40.14403902 2007
38.67148667 2008
37.34834384 2009
36.1840198 2010
35.11546629 2011
34.15070856 2012
33.19966185 2013
32.45636387 2014
31.63778415 2015
30.64433043 2016
29.94300835 2017
29.39306126 2018
28.92708126 2019
28.46450041 2020
28.04687805 2021
27.70705581 2022
Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source