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