East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
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63
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 73.28177401
1961 72.64934548
1962 72.91204914
1963 74.57579134
1964 76.09546061
1965 76.78024521
1966 77.08096959
1967 76.73749804
1968 76.31615781
1969 76.12161758
1970 75.71213909
1971 75.33465022
1972 74.62660524
1973 73.89941497
1974 73.74874514
1975 73.70391519
1976 73.53062082
1977 72.21484268
1978 69.19519956
1979 66.13456487
1980 63.64855241
1981 61.44800056
1982 59.71314335
1983 57.79541762
1984 55.60856752
1985 53.64176102
1986 51.97547947
1987 50.72513367
1988 49.662795
1989 48.81861082
1990 48.37856972
1991 47.96625438
1992 47.41170458
1993 46.85467736
1994 46.16165485
1995 45.31180008
1996 44.32161975
1997 43.13200227
1998 41.9727044
1999 40.9025724
2000 39.77600632
2001 38.53394017
2002 37.12596392
2003 35.74834594
2004 34.44409082
2005 33.11838451
2006 32.06406422
2007 31.38803558
2008 30.87783831
2009 30.48729038
2010 30.18051231
2011 29.94717858
2012 29.84412366
2013 29.82662277
2014 29.84542346
2015 29.84449999
2016 29.85193809
2017 29.95719621
2018 29.99248722
2019 29.88987505
2020 29.66119051
2021 29.27411563
2022 28.80772886

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source