Early-demographic dividend | 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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Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.99326711 1960
6.05767615 1961
6.14700479 1962
6.24787423 1963
6.33959149 1964
6.40978533 1965
6.46357583 1966
6.50468982 1967
6.53768872 1968
6.56932167 1969
6.59956649 1970
6.62778755 1971
6.66707696 1972
6.71977658 1973
6.7732427 1974
6.82536947 1975
6.8776588 1976
6.9216812 1977
6.953305 1978
6.97659639 1979
6.98203951 1980
6.96841696 1981
6.95140475 1982
6.93549216 1983
6.92226324 1984
6.9150367 1985
6.91134123 1986
6.91228901 1987
6.91788319 1988
6.92715087 1989
6.93724743 1990
6.95925391 1991
6.99347943 1992
7.03506682 1993
7.07857078 1994
7.11930827 1995
7.1615395 1996
7.20881712 1997
7.25654412 1998
7.3053077 1999
7.35468394 2000
7.40462408 2001
7.46166755 2002
7.5194231 2003
7.56903786 2004
7.61211754 2005
7.65006371 2006
7.68440898 2007
7.72245854 2008
7.76641584 2009
7.81451749 2010
7.87929095 2011
7.9624617 2012
8.06055944 2013
8.19220587 2014
8.35684471 2015
8.53661115 2016
8.73212537 2017
8.94935408 2018
9.17915771 2019
9.38043318 2020
9.51276149 2021
9.62915172 2022
Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source