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