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

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