Guam | 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.
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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, young (% of working-age population)
65.35666343 1960
65.88602121 1961
65.61483989 1962
64.83786191 1963
64.02795426 1964
63.6175411 1965
63.7220642 1966
64.25328507 1967
64.96716041 1968
65.54152643 1969
65.86162753 1970
65.77451401 1971
65.14627298 1972
64.03380836 1973
62.55236538 1974
60.90646413 1975
59.38747695 1976
58.05238771 1977
56.73220092 1978
55.56230283 1979
54.89918744 1980
54.53690446 1981
53.92072647 1982
52.93378316 1983
51.55761243 1984
49.90382348 1985
48.33946565 1986
47.05477133 1987
46.0769939 1988
45.2463128 1989
45.04034896 1990
45.55082691 1991
46.07634303 1992
46.48495054 1993
46.7561219 1994
46.90725881 1995
46.97955296 1996
46.95035319 1997
46.84844892 1998
46.74191943 1999
46.77224547 2000
46.89115189 2001
46.87544824 2002
46.65156476 2003
46.16003635 2004
45.41844666 2005
44.51986275 2006
43.49635023 2007
42.41291811 2008
41.3557642 2009
40.91899513 2010
41.02002876 2011
41.21083719 2012
41.43305045 2013
41.60331402 2014
41.84533847 2015
42.14241152 2016
42.42886702 2017
42.60581288 2018
42.70983395 2019
42.58537834 2020
42.25287096 2021
41.94896984 2022
Guam | 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
Guam
Records
63
Source