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