Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
64.35525958 1960
65.40436212 1961
66.4676138 1962
67.62566606 1963
68.8329966 1964
69.95536435 1965
71.05464842 1966
72.1954434 1967
73.36424165 1968
74.35811788 1969
75.2359937 1970
76.261264 1971
77.41566691 1972
78.61173355 1973
79.76945708 1974
80.88262563 1975
81.96833398 1976
83.03215628 1977
84.08080443 1978
85.12183188 1979
86.14657081 1980
87.15776765 1981
88.13887658 1982
89.06889575 1983
89.92552619 1984
90.67424185 1985
91.29592045 1986
91.80122539 1987
92.20313775 1988
92.48383572 1989
92.61293388 1990
92.57421778 1991
92.3632898 1992
91.97426865 1993
91.38747524 1994
90.56907586 1995
89.52413112 1996
88.34165046 1997
87.08385459 1998
85.76146745 1999
84.40182238 2000
83.01092107 2001
81.57944954 2002
80.11506779 2003
78.64440069 2004
77.19123881 2005
75.76436761 2006
74.39251916 2007
73.11349794 2008
71.99814432 2009
71.08083194 2010
70.33222694 2011
69.67471173 2012
69.05895475 2013
68.57379654 2014
68.28230707 2015
68.15861127 2016
68.1408942 2017
68.13221624 2018
68.05746425 2019
67.87469081 2020
67.56327517 2021
67.14314399 2022

Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source