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