Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source
Guatemala | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 90.87868773
1961 91.0921384
1962 91.06908651
1963 90.80610251
1964 90.45757834
1965 90.17192614
1966 89.92780866
1967 89.66933515
1968 89.40057827
1969 89.18603196
1970 89.04204414
1971 89.02913982
1972 89.12719431
1973 89.28482005
1974 89.27113417
1975 89.09291999
1976 88.98187201
1977 88.94780397
1978 88.99251327
1979 89.07952069
1980 89.22331513
1981 89.40806352
1982 89.80079387
1983 90.22493268
1984 90.35758601
1985 90.29751926
1986 90.14895956
1987 89.96957801
1988 89.7626508
1989 89.49430631
1990 89.11460999
1991 88.66915603
1992 88.17277089
1993 87.60779011
1994 87.06982099
1995 86.5421305
1996 85.93855268
1997 85.25052624
1998 84.46153512
1999 83.63541721
2000 82.91358771
2001 82.19723668
2002 81.27201952
2003 80.09612876
2004 78.70533432
2005 77.19377887
2006 75.61026711
2007 73.96478636
2008 72.2779387
2009 70.55675864
2010 68.81217956
2011 67.08550104
2012 65.42243391
2013 63.80686692
2014 62.27800012
2015 60.85694771
2016 59.46543954
2017 58.11461494
2018 56.84354628
2019 55.59608547
2020 54.28580442
2021 52.9673208
2022 51.67321134
Guatemala | 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
Republic of Guatemala
Records
63
Source