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