Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 81.41842194
1961 82.29093088
1962 83.16891304
1963 84.03259429
1964 84.69159303
1965 85.08916936
1966 85.39420422
1967 85.61599272
1968 85.71989278
1969 85.71454959
1970 85.61865817
1971 85.46731774
1972 85.26005242
1973 84.99376771
1974 84.67905823
1975 84.30296775
1976 83.92246875
1977 83.50115916
1978 83.01791922
1979 82.53034672
1980 82.02122666
1981 81.48630555
1982 80.99088691
1983 80.51529269
1984 80.05097055
1985 79.58827681
1986 79.08523958
1987 78.56898841
1988 78.03883655
1989 77.4791698
1990 76.87207445
1991 76.21743846
1992 75.62030607
1993 75.00985235
1994 74.27694931
1995 73.40651325
1996 72.45350533
1997 71.43427271
1998 70.34725059
1999 69.2438696
2000 68.15844886
2001 67.11213035
2002 66.13812068
2003 65.19071071
2004 64.22863891
2005 63.27769741
2006 62.33114369
2007 61.40168813
2008 60.53955686
2009 59.72368624
2010 58.92726248
2011 58.19976477
2012 57.5461041
2013 56.94388067
2014 56.39137922
2015 55.86210043
2016 55.33111604
2017 54.8065317
2018 54.32166658
2019 53.86541555
2020 53.38647922
2021 52.86654357
2022 52.33068218

Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source