Guam | 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.
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The World Bank
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Guam
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63
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Guam | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 67.50914225
1961 68.1300924
1962 67.93301563
1963 67.23138073
1964 66.49936468
1965 66.16630088
1966 66.3510768
1967 66.96333927
1968 67.7422536
1969 68.3508103
1970 68.7142939
1971 68.6858144
1972 68.1296984
1973 67.11065034
1974 65.74537652
1975 64.24997936
1976 62.89745851
1977 61.74355294
1978 60.60955969
1979 59.64868107
1980 59.17271638
1981 58.9334344
1982 58.42298305
1983 57.52728716
1984 56.25480745
1985 54.72009531
1986 53.2621504
1987 52.087055
1988 51.25879451
1989 50.66197605
1990 50.77644493
1991 51.63389538
1992 52.48689984
1993 53.16880657
1994 53.66378414
1995 54.0152277
1996 54.2758425
1997 54.41338323
1998 54.47243628
1999 54.53321496
2000 54.78148281
2001 55.17725046
2002 55.45111164
2003 55.50997487
2004 55.26858917
2005 54.72269793
2006 53.95992857
2007 53.01454336
2008 51.99538639
2009 51.05041438
2010 50.97319369
2011 51.70294799
2012 52.60840854
2013 53.59641783
2014 54.57707495
2015 55.64182866
2016 56.75695809
2017 57.86137613
2018 58.86341803
2019 59.81404959
2020 60.40701036
2021 60.65624735
2022 61.0149791

Guam | 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
Guam
Records
63
Source