Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source
Guatemala | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 4.70800176
1961 4.75180222
1962 4.79638705
1963 4.83077428
1964 4.85595146
1965 4.8823788
1966 4.90429768
1967 4.91290238
1968 4.91034649
1969 4.90531111
1970 4.90762036
1971 4.92512226
1972 4.95708875
1973 5.00394815
1974 5.06906287
1975 5.14992225
1976 5.22282032
1977 5.29526904
1978 5.37856471
1979 5.45429126
1980 5.52011975
1981 5.57823733
1982 5.69755254
1983 5.86616503
1984 5.99236449
1985 6.08995324
1986 6.19600916
1987 6.32093713
1988 6.46111536
1989 6.60477568
1990 6.73950327
1991 6.87381832
1992 7.01177706
1993 7.14333312
1994 7.20952374
1995 7.21596764
1996 7.22789678
1997 7.24813061
1998 7.265581
1999 7.27919605
2000 7.30152228
2001 7.32395729
2002 7.33668468
2003 7.34429653
2004 7.35003465
2005 7.35761656
2006 7.36470708
2007 7.36719269
2008 7.36425437
2009 7.35587651
2010 7.34201087
2011 7.33024614
2012 7.33136044
2013 7.35403407
2014 7.39296074
2015 7.43790923
2016 7.4911143
2017 7.56143691
2018 7.65573567
2019 7.77011487
2020 7.86526818
2021 7.88234279
2022 7.83498411
Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source