Fiji | 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
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source
Fiji | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 100.94310374
1961 100.84303551
1962 100.52088217
1963 100.05121558
1964 99.29949607
1965 98.6509782
1966 98.01840783
1967 96.97429465
1968 95.65291365
1969 94.09986746
1970 92.26542288
1971 90.218256
1972 87.96083799
1973 85.5303111
1974 83.09784471
1975 80.8918238
1976 79.02207384
1977 77.39943579
1978 75.96397047
1979 74.78647088
1980 73.90021097
1981 73.23436939
1982 72.78268105
1983 72.48966071
1984 72.27266446
1985 72.16015184
1986 72.24969384
1987 72.34476397
1988 72.33760963
1989 72.31663994
1990 72.1139384
1991 71.68833101
1992 71.05205951
1993 70.16939358
1994 69.07413544
1995 67.83663889
1996 66.4986779
1997 65.065805
1998 63.60809491
1999 62.21931528
2000 60.95683697
2001 59.88810189
2002 58.9549894
2003 58.11137167
2004 57.37499523
2005 56.68588252
2006 56.0612594
2007 55.53394023
2008 55.11281473
2009 54.77893703
2010 54.47439873
2011 54.19865859
2012 54.00175797
2013 53.92628691
2014 53.92702109
2015 53.8747127
2016 53.75115099
2017 53.62635967
2018 53.48499298
2019 53.33510297
2020 53.20042078
2021 52.97804294
2022 52.68865058

Fiji | 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
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source