Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 8.96775821
1961 8.84502732
1962 8.71118371
1963 8.56103026
1964 8.39971246
1965 8.23969172
1966 8.0871794
1967 7.94344909
1968 7.80616139
1969 7.67172512
1970 7.54149768
1971 7.41506364
1972 7.29112415
1973 7.17681564
1974 7.08242735
1975 7.00963364
1976 6.95866926
1977 6.92959756
1978 6.91319166
1979 6.89449312
1980 6.8660279
1981 6.82785736
1982 6.77914749
1983 6.72632232
1984 6.68388528
1985 6.66379233
1986 6.67156956
1987 6.70900331
1988 6.7752199
1989 6.8659426
1990 6.9733705
1991 7.09005231
1992 7.21275525
1993 7.33677116
1994 7.45515665
1995 7.56544396
1996 7.67005858
1997 7.77281507
1998 7.87495881
1999 7.97621255
2000 8.07705584
2001 8.17725718
2002 8.27718714
2003 8.38063301
2004 8.49364377
2005 8.61696255
2006 8.74697716
2007 8.8840959
2008 9.03003206
2009 9.18344189
2010 9.34111587
2011 9.49969167
2012 9.66704139
2013 9.86837544
2014 10.10663466
2015 10.35619351
2016 10.60350675
2017 10.84776295
2018 11.06284496
2019 11.28468315
2020 11.43645276
2021 11.53341382
2022 11.77588043
Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source