Fiji | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 95.74903239
1961 95.79838854
1962 95.60883671
1963 95.25734694
1964 94.60743322
1965 94.01474818
1966 93.33763014
1967 92.29277423
1968 91.05293685
1969 89.55630733
1970 87.76846555
1971 85.75201621
1972 83.51051604
1973 81.09584754
1974 78.67119753
1975 76.45406737
1976 74.57709363
1977 72.94497941
1978 71.49268455
1979 70.28825388
1980 69.3658913
1981 68.67190593
1982 68.19643595
1983 67.87695812
1984 67.62691441
1985 67.45986856
1986 67.43097562
1987 67.45694675
1988 67.47164792
1989 67.47208538
1990 67.29475695
1991 66.8935917
1992 66.27631453
1993 65.40627722
1994 64.31770805
1995 63.07977815
1996 61.73514073
1997 60.24639688
1998 58.68747211
1999 57.19072967
2000 55.81536082
2001 54.62938504
2002 53.58143467
2003 52.61610503
2004 51.7369112
2005 50.89569533
2006 50.10974524
2007 49.41001224
2008 48.85005777
2009 48.41200066
2010 47.98614939
2011 47.55610858
2012 47.17963454
2013 46.91154564
2014 46.71268758
2015 46.51332897
2016 46.26910649
2017 45.95506313
2018 45.56970905
2019 45.14250608
2020 44.71417919
2021 44.2301297
2022 43.68301775
Fiji | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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