Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
51.68585013 1960
52.63809973 1961
53.61572243 1962
54.69286526 1963
55.82532167 1964
56.88965868 1965
57.94425891 1966
59.04792122 1967
60.1875051 1968
61.19718583 1969
62.12510233 1970
63.18996944 1971
64.37653955 1972
65.6093522 1973
66.81644661 1974
67.99091415 1975
69.14802054 1976
70.29211672 1977
71.43281807 1978
72.57331336 1979
73.70686335 1980
74.83788994 1981
75.95012414 1982
77.01936615 1983
78.02111155 1984
78.92209463 1985
79.70221513 1986
80.37219376 1987
80.94504291 1988
81.40176967 1989
81.71152019 1990
81.85863824 1991
81.83810605 1992
81.64262611 1993
81.25153129 1994
80.63300857 1995
79.79097348 1996
78.81270972 1997
77.7577438 1998
76.63721266 1999
75.47866523 2000
74.28667075 2001
73.05045453 2002
71.7780757 2003
70.5008963 2004
69.2449568 2005
68.01312968 2006
66.82795638 2007
65.72534967 2008
64.77253342 2009
64.00076387 2010
63.38008138 2011
62.83388423 2012
62.32272915 2013
61.92728251 2014
61.69185142 2015
61.59752639 2016
61.59301421 2017
61.58575732 2018
61.5041655 2019
61.32021036 2020
61.03195626 2021
60.64643824 2022
Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source