Gabon | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.66940945
1961 12.76626239
1962 12.85189137
1963 12.9328008
1964 13.00767494
1965 13.06570567
1966 13.11038951
1967 13.14752218
1968 13.17673655
1969 13.16093205
1970 13.11089136
1971 13.07129455
1972 13.03912736
1973 13.00238135
1974 12.95301047
1975 12.89171148
1976 12.82031344
1977 12.74003956
1978 12.64798635
1979 12.54851852
1980 12.43970746
1981 12.31987771
1982 12.18875244
1983 12.0495296
1984 11.90441465
1985 11.75214722
1986 11.59370532
1987 11.42903162
1988 11.25809483
1989 11.08206605
1990 10.90141369
1991 10.71557954
1992 10.52518375
1993 10.33164254
1994 10.13594394
1995 9.93606729
1996 9.73315763
1997 9.52894074
1998 9.32611079
1999 9.12425479
2000 8.92315716
2001 8.72425032
2002 8.52899501
2003 8.33699209
2004 8.14350438
2005 7.94628201
2006 7.75123793
2007 7.56456277
2008 7.38814828
2009 7.2256109
2010 7.08006807
2011 6.95214556
2012 6.8408275
2013 6.7362256
2014 6.64651403
2015 6.59045565
2016 6.56108488
2017 6.54787999
2018 6.54645893
2019 6.55329875
2020 6.55448044
2021 6.53131891
2022 6.49670575

Gabon | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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