Dominican Republic | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Dominican Republic
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63
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Dominican Republic | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
98.55816058 1960
99.7518703 1961
100.61078575 1962
101.08392071 1963
101.36847803 1964
101.59870222 1965
101.55174014 1966
101.09506388 1967
100.26750304 1968
99.13084825 1969
97.84613695 1970
96.41502836 1971
94.8108286 1972
93.10933215 1973
91.29263079 1974
89.36611065 1975
87.40853311 1976
85.46781079 1977
83.55687976 1978
81.69379679 1979
79.91503835 1980
78.20580204 1981
76.57080559 1982
75.09912506 1983
73.7664062 1984
72.47853204 1985
71.23742256 1986
70.06876789 1987
68.98238965 1988
68.02610297 1989
67.18323269 1990
66.38233501 1991
65.5992683 1992
64.8311373 1993
64.01261858 1994
63.1199404 1995
62.20749687 1996
61.26149857 1997
60.22612058 1998
59.16437246 1999
58.1804529 2000
57.23563285 2001
56.31857668 2002
55.39684128 2003
54.38415025 2004
53.29597313 2005
52.15858961 2006
51.01123367 2007
49.92617061 2008
48.93838569 2009
48.05264884 2010
47.25157089 2011
46.53140226 2012
45.91221467 2013
45.33493159 2014
44.74117368 2015
44.16447705 2016
43.63269192 2017
43.14735967 2018
42.69300822 2019
42.23005198 2020
41.78811101 2021
41.39453188 2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source