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