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

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