Dominican Republic | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Dominican Republic
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63
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Dominican Republic | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
103.82411908 1960
105.02521299 1961
105.88525928 1962
106.35232701 1963
106.62988537 1964
106.85345996 1965
106.79616334 1966
106.32458641 1967
105.47788729 1968
104.3191449 1969
103.08433007 1970
101.81494948 1971
100.39397631 1972
98.83942979 1973
97.13303502 1974
95.28612846 1975
93.3901882 1976
91.50309113 1977
89.63984109 1978
87.82196081 1979
85.98249067 1980
84.12144067 1981
82.35945767 1982
80.78711859 1983
79.38080098 1984
78.04676136 1985
76.78881231 1986
75.63223549 1987
74.58371577 1988
73.68882972 1989
72.92725731 1990
72.22228269 1991
71.54576981 1992
70.89337156 1993
70.28634759 1994
69.68555439 1995
69.05322942 1996
68.38045359 1997
67.60872442 1998
66.80054803 1999
66.06225475 2000
65.36256754 2001
64.62054138 2002
63.80030355 2003
62.87350022 2004
61.84930378 2005
60.75971965 2006
59.64516151 2007
58.58203605 2008
57.61361323 2009
56.76234979 2010
56.02491361 2011
55.40748815 2012
54.93635392 2013
54.52737495 2014
54.11175193 2015
53.73549492 2016
53.4289806 2017
53.19888831 2018
53.03876401 2019
52.87798116 2020
52.73643542 2021
52.70110794 2022

Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source