East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 73.41025446
1961 72.78850059
1962 73.07158511
1963 74.76468967
1964 76.30352383
1965 76.99392278
1966 77.27395517
1967 76.87890833
1968 76.41383604
1969 76.19481831
1970 75.76836343
1971 75.37966574
1972 74.6662655
1973 73.94929538
1974 73.81937712
1975 73.79497593
1976 73.64227528
1977 72.33299798
1978 69.30055309
1979 66.2281953
1980 63.7377979
1981 61.53818854
1982 59.81559123
1983 57.90801781
1984 55.72361548
1985 53.76009657
1986 52.09785442
1987 50.85600429
1988 49.79919334
1989 48.95501977
1990 48.51650188
1991 48.10141199
1992 47.53818052
1993 46.97130098
1994 46.26638789
1995 45.40374652
1996 44.40068467
1997 43.19648874
1998 42.02384212
1999 40.94233914
2000 39.80484513
2001 38.5515064
2002 37.13109184
2003 35.74189024
2004 34.42705556
2005 33.09164018
2006 32.03257735
2007 31.35738281
2008 30.85026518
2009 30.46411019
2010 30.16320886
2011 29.93682904
2012 29.84119885
2013 29.83101112
2014 29.8566238
2015 29.86090384
2016 29.8735114
2017 29.98513396
2018 30.02444238
2019 29.92275307
2020 29.6922675
2021 29.30055028
2022 28.82766384

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