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

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