Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.83725417
1961 6.94519177
1962 7.02316598
1963 7.08551758
1964 7.15041049
1965 7.22453192
1966 7.29726077
1967 7.3570283
1968 7.40282798
1969 7.43945181
1970 7.47084101
1971 7.50541337
1972 7.54408512
1973 7.58036178
1974 7.61459374
1975 7.64840505
1976 7.68330933
1977 7.70757032
1978 7.71995366
1979 7.73110053
1980 7.73953823
1981 7.73891506
1982 7.73011199
1983 7.71987832
1984 7.71167316
1985 7.70671319
1986 7.70493674
1987 7.70898671
1988 7.72063465
1989 7.736019
1990 7.74976408
1991 7.76892739
1992 7.78489489
1993 7.78800857
1994 7.78324231
1995 7.77660781
1996 7.77227739
1997 7.76689599
1998 7.75074914
1999 7.71417908
2000 7.6521568
2001 7.57243307
2002 7.47946084
2003 7.35975242
2004 7.21518831
2005 7.0642638
2006 6.92099033
2007 6.79133376
2008 6.68858528
2009 6.62852697
2010 6.61909843
2011 6.66272388
2012 6.75886551
2013 6.86625906
2014 6.94999088
2015 7.02066022
2016 7.09667853
2017 7.19855566
2018 7.32460062
2019 7.46063225
2020 7.58477076
2021 7.67926762
2022 7.75828314
Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source