Guam | 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.
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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, old (% of working-age population)
2.15247882 1960
2.24407119 1961
2.31817574 1962
2.39351882 1963
2.47141042 1964
2.54875978 1965
2.6290126 1966
2.7100542 1967
2.77509319 1968
2.80928387 1969
2.85266637 1970
2.91130039 1971
2.98342541 1972
3.07684198 1973
3.19301114 1974
3.34351523 1975
3.50998156 1976
3.69116523 1977
3.87735878 1978
4.08637825 1979
4.27352894 1980
4.39652994 1981
4.50225658 1982
4.593504 1983
4.69719502 1984
4.81627183 1985
4.92268475 1986
5.03228368 1987
5.18180062 1988
5.41566325 1989
5.73609597 1990
6.08306847 1991
6.41055681 1992
6.68385603 1993
6.90766225 1994
7.10796889 1995
7.29628954 1996
7.46303004 1997
7.62398735 1998
7.79129552 1999
8.00923734 2000
8.28609857 2001
8.5756634 2002
8.85841011 2003
9.10855282 2004
9.30425128 2005
9.44006582 2006
9.51819313 2007
9.58246828 2008
9.69465018 2009
10.05419856 2010
10.68291923 2011
11.39757136 2012
12.16336738 2013
12.97376093 2014
13.79649019 2015
14.61454657 2016
15.43250911 2017
16.25760515 2018
17.10421563 2019
17.82163202 2020
18.40337639 2021
19.06600926 2022
Guam | 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
Guam
Records
63
Source