Equatorial Guinea | 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
Equatorial Guinea
Records
63
Source
Equatorial Guinea | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 78.3993167
1961 79.08688474
1962 79.70055304
1963 80.23014417
1964 80.25535739
1965 79.82603183
1966 79.41032964
1967 79.07065874
1968 78.90430855
1969 79.15872989
1970 79.73472605
1971 80.31282152
1972 80.82452982
1973 81.31988466
1974 81.86586549
1975 82.51652727
1976 83.33145131
1977 84.10298158
1978 84.72502592
1979 85.31108991
1980 85.83372253
1981 86.32039956
1982 86.7903097
1983 85.05514676
1984 82.04081218
1985 80.36771506
1986 79.82636406
1987 80.09595971
1988 80.79483237
1989 81.64951795
1990 82.54890659
1991 83.43318602
1992 84.26045377
1993 84.99384819
1994 85.55504012
1995 85.87950992
1996 85.99099056
1997 85.91906471
1998 85.69158049
1999 85.17820139
2000 84.74744042
2001 84.16329331
2002 82.84521365
2003 81.03479106
2004 79.01350906
2005 77.08183159
2006 75.48954431
2007 74.35184079
2008 73.65829649
2009 73.33101934
2010 73.26203547
2011 72.89169912
2012 72.25054656
2013 71.82478566
2014 71.63266523
2015 71.68011542
2016 71.94686208
2017 72.30077617
2018 72.54069738
2019 72.50984997
2020 72.48038852
2021 72.15970255
2022 71.27967775
Equatorial Guinea | 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
Equatorial Guinea
Records
63
Source