Egypt, Arab Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
84.62351607 1960
84.9204168 1961
84.7279663 1962
84.31483963 1963
84.0708863 1964
84.10269522 1965
84.22187837 1966
84.24301211 1967
84.12292019 1968
83.93172811 1969
83.72160044 1970
83.56539918 1971
83.47618047 1972
83.3844291 1973
83.30886501 1974
83.28949263 1975
83.33834809 1976
83.35090598 1977
83.32159298 1978
83.35030111 1979
83.38738025 1980
83.37780389 1981
83.35466699 1982
83.35864984 1983
83.39343097 1984
83.46483717 1985
83.56537008 1986
83.64224589 1987
83.64479604 1988
83.48816102 1989
83.07708509 1990
82.48670612 1991
81.78621774 1992
80.89418824 1993
79.74468896 1994
78.44428243 1995
77.07950172 1996
75.63489636 1997
74.12168679 1998
72.56393198 1999
70.96348808 2000
69.35399658 2001
67.7239006 2002
66.11290176 2003
64.62280643 2004
63.33257797 2005
62.26987238 2006
61.35371141 2007
60.59949228 2008
60.06928574 2009
59.80493275 2010
59.73152728 2011
59.87190956 2012
60.15666448 2013
60.47866538 2014
60.8799902 2015
61.12221206 2016
61.19014915 2017
61.23802567 2018
61.21877278 2019
61.07960629 2020
60.83767999 2021
60.5001544 2022
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source