Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
75.03430792 1960
75.84074935 1961
76.62988458 1962
77.39636208 1963
77.96845795 1964
78.30072612 1965
78.55482139 1966
78.73409658 1967
78.80289052 1968
78.76466157 1969
78.63774041 1970
78.46030283 1971
78.21864511 1972
77.90788526 1973
77.55259629 1974
77.13738194 1975
76.71321692 1976
76.25260608 1977
75.73799612 1978
75.22464634 1979
74.71382176 1980
74.1996857 1981
73.72282102 1982
73.25850418 1983
72.79922468 1984
72.33317829 1985
71.82062044 1986
71.28495808 1987
70.72429705 1988
70.12943378 1989
69.48895577 1990
68.79272659 1991
68.1326753 1992
67.45016477 1993
66.65030111 1994
65.72690048 1995
64.72950886 1996
63.66213978 1997
62.52961207 1998
61.37520867 1999
60.23686854 2000
59.13761969 2001
58.0997624 2002
57.08546991 2003
56.06469798 2004
55.06406528 2005
54.07685923 2006
53.11445899 2007
52.2178219 2008
51.365558 2009
50.53382694 2010
49.75687053 2011
49.03261594 2012
48.33953897 2013
47.66192477 2014
46.97766992 2015
46.27882143 2016
45.57217893 2017
44.88570422 2018
44.2130957 2019
43.54461304 2020
42.9022489 2021
42.25934961 2022

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