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