East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.72039342
1961 6.58424309
1962 6.52895178
1963 6.51348203
1964 6.48940717
1965 6.47263273
1966 6.48733122
1967 6.5154723
1968 6.55434669
1969 6.60123727
1970 6.64147566
1971 6.688612
1972 6.72555014
1973 6.77567319
1974 6.87609819
1975 6.99020417
1976 7.09516813
1977 7.16104997
1978 7.18130561
1979 7.21676571
1980 7.26151924
1981 7.29398176
1982 7.33059392
1983 7.34946286
1984 7.35860681
1985 7.38853081
1986 7.43217457
1987 7.48476654
1988 7.55285133
1989 7.65554082
1990 7.78339591
1991 7.90361524
1992 8.03623444
1993 8.20516508
1994 8.37750463
1995 8.55067629
1996 8.71875294
1997 8.87793722
1998 9.0724382
1999 9.28292843
2000 9.47608158
2001 9.65608467
2002 9.81412507
2003 9.95625247
2004 10.07564495
2005 10.18301228
2006 10.31775543
2007 10.46592809
2008 10.60526267
2009 10.75640988
2010 10.93663559
2011 11.16038603
2012 11.43425626
2013 11.76181286
2014 12.15034894
2015 12.62633469
2016 13.1611805
2017 13.7772752
2018 14.44950057
2019 15.1297433
2020 15.83687116
2021 16.48197518
2022 17.14733115

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source