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

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