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

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