Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 85.89386017
1961 86.61945468
1962 87.27081316
1963 87.60605529
1964 87.60037224
1965 87.47177001
1966 87.30810268
1967 87.10596781
1968 86.86464352
1969 86.57209229
1970 86.20484537
1971 85.73726069
1972 85.1774617
1973 84.54390444
1974 83.83768847
1975 83.05231086
1976 82.17081481
1977 81.19916575
1978 80.17016401
1979 79.09363977
1980 77.97971747
1981 76.86377933
1982 75.74789375
1983 74.62556459
1984 73.50999686
1985 72.42066287
1986 71.37283228
1987 70.34957572
1988 69.35357415
1989 68.39742833
1990 67.47335765
1991 66.59020882
1992 65.77669949
1993 65.02146886
1994 64.27945532
1995 63.52190946
1996 62.74158019
1997 61.94084377
1998 61.12081938
1999 60.26942517
2000 59.36510593
2001 58.39630324
2002 57.37769264
2003 56.33408604
2004 55.28685014
2005 54.24833826
2006 53.22343889
2007 52.23012152
2008 51.28011608
2009 50.3691803
2010 49.49681738
2011 48.66583995
2012 47.84346609
2013 46.979668
2014 46.06337992
2015 45.10891455
2016 44.13018364
2017 43.14320083
2018 42.05964153
2019 41.00809779
2020 40.15707862
2021 39.38655612
2022 38.64874886
Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source