Equatorial Guinea | 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
Equatorial Guinea
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63
Source
Equatorial Guinea | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
9.27125803 1960
9.2232403 1961
9.16862024 1962
9.10515054 1963
9.00802516 1964
8.8794475 1965
8.74509104 1966
8.6116789 1967
8.48888536 1968
8.38011114 1969
8.27691017 1970
8.18873334 1971
8.122128 1972
8.06616457 1973
8.00613401 1974
7.94597869 1975
7.8786027 1976
7.8131678 1977
7.76433521 1978
7.69995738 1979
7.64226466 1980
7.61595221 1981
7.59546839 1982
7.42379196 1983
7.14645296 1984
6.92862114 1985
6.76935751 1986
6.65682465 1987
6.57096059 1988
6.49679981 1989
6.42990742 1990
6.36627333 1991
6.30478648 1992
6.24391042 1993
6.18009381 1994
6.11433762 1995
6.04864842 1996
5.98372207 1997
5.9166276 1998
5.84119481 1999
5.79020617 2000
5.76529659 2001
5.73790167 2002
5.71292331 2003
5.69585976 2004
5.69544561 2005
5.71831166 2006
5.76264023 2007
5.81956097 2008
5.87527029 2009
5.91594957 2010
5.81502841 2011
5.60389053 2012
5.42945112 2013
5.3169455 2014
5.27362943 2015
5.28625914 2016
5.33615217 2017
5.39783039 2018
5.44888848 2019
5.46171129 2020
5.41958521 2021
5.3519914 2022

Equatorial Guinea | 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
Equatorial Guinea
Records
63
Source