Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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.
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The World Bank
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Fragile and conflict affected situations
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63
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
69.43096301 1960
69.93954959 1961
70.37149636 1962
70.84973294 1963
71.28594454 1964
71.6768049 1965
72.03517844 1966
72.37354774 1967
72.7304605 1968
73.06820709 1969
73.39489005 1970
73.76567323 1971
74.18559146 1972
74.57343469 1973
74.88284347 1974
75.18038914 1975
75.51175493 1976
75.81952998 1977
76.05648232 1978
76.30413635 1979
76.51634009 1980
76.67972913 1981
76.87545549 1982
77.09065455 1983
77.31347132 1984
77.50723912 1985
77.66480746 1986
77.81084912 1987
77.91612471 1988
77.96088532 1989
78.03571552 1990
77.94549113 1991
77.86509622 1992
77.85653906 1993
77.60141104 1994
77.22194498 1995
77.06149626 1996
76.90244666 1997
76.57832544 1998
76.17991652 1999
75.80042258 2000
75.44319356 2001
75.19141738 2002
75.01389283 2003
74.80240282 2004
74.56615114 2005
74.30227207 2006
74.0842335 2007
73.93863737 2008
73.79611013 2009
73.6477891 2010
73.53310605 2011
73.47100185 2012
73.44233917 2013
73.3878305 2014
73.25436614 2015
73.02911691 2016
72.73427618 2017
72.3968305 2018
71.98025529 2019
71.46900286 2020
70.92032696 2021
70.6867696 2022
Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source