Dominican Republic | 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.
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The World Bank
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Dominican Republic
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63
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Dominican Republic | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.2659585 1960
5.27334269 1961
5.27447353 1962
5.26840631 1963
5.26140733 1964
5.25475774 1965
5.24442319 1966
5.22952254 1967
5.21038425 1968
5.18829666 1969
5.23819311 1970
5.39992111 1971
5.5831477 1972
5.73009765 1973
5.84040423 1974
5.92001781 1975
5.98165509 1976
6.03528034 1977
6.08296133 1978
6.12816402 1979
6.06745233 1980
5.91563863 1981
5.78865208 1982
5.68799353 1983
5.61439477 1984
5.56822933 1985
5.55138975 1986
5.5634676 1987
5.60132612 1988
5.66272675 1989
5.74402463 1990
5.83994768 1991
5.94650151 1992
6.06223426 1993
6.27372901 1994
6.56561399 1995
6.84573254 1996
7.11895502 1997
7.38260385 1998
7.63617557 1999
7.88180185 2000
8.12693469 2001
8.3019647 2002
8.40346227 2003
8.48934997 2004
8.55333066 2005
8.60113004 2006
8.63392784 2007
8.65586544 2008
8.67522754 2009
8.70970096 2010
8.77334272 2011
8.8760859 2012
9.02413926 2013
9.19244336 2014
9.37057825 2015
9.57101787 2016
9.79628868 2017
10.05152864 2018
10.34575579 2019
10.64792918 2020
10.94832441 2021
11.30657606 2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source