Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source
Guatemala | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 95.58668949
1961 95.84394062
1962 95.86547356
1963 95.63687678
1964 95.3135298
1965 95.05430493
1966 94.83210634
1967 94.58223753
1968 94.31092477
1969 94.09134307
1970 93.9496645
1971 93.95426209
1972 94.08428305
1973 94.28876819
1974 94.34019704
1975 94.24284224
1976 94.20469233
1977 94.24307301
1978 94.37107798
1979 94.53381195
1980 94.74343488
1981 94.98630086
1982 95.49834641
1983 96.09109771
1984 96.3499505
1985 96.38747251
1986 96.34496871
1987 96.29051514
1988 96.22376616
1989 96.09908199
1990 95.85411326
1991 95.54297435
1992 95.18454795
1993 94.75112323
1994 94.27934473
1995 93.75809814
1996 93.16644946
1997 92.49865685
1998 91.72711612
1999 90.91461326
2000 90.21510999
2001 89.52119396
2002 88.6087042
2003 87.44042529
2004 86.05536898
2005 84.55139544
2006 82.9749742
2007 81.33197905
2008 79.64219307
2009 77.91263515
2010 76.15419043
2011 74.41574719
2012 72.75379436
2013 71.160901
2014 69.67096086
2015 68.29485693
2016 66.95655384
2017 65.67605185
2018 64.49928195
2019 63.36620035
2020 62.15107261
2021 60.84966359
2022 59.50819546

Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source