Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source
Guinea-Bissau | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.80905342 1960
6.87301376 1961
6.9261642 1962
7.00737182 1963
7.18921192 1964
7.44986223 1965
7.61209456 1966
7.58146432 1967
7.43315919 1968
7.39089853 1969
7.39213758 1970
7.43855556 1971
7.53948756 1972
7.59106232 1973
7.86111953 1974
8.31606959 1975
8.74336197 1976
9.12663449 1977
9.44396336 1978
9.48250729 1979
9.52470276 1980
9.79810842 1981
10.05955912 1982
10.30420803 1983
10.51868218 1984
10.6956942 1985
10.83679531 1986
10.94442689 1987
11.02172791 1988
11.07233384 1989
11.09840187 1990
10.80018885 1991
10.22959617 1992
9.71780936 1993
9.24623341 1994
8.80288233 1995
8.38642694 1996
7.98838523 1997
7.61291648 1998
7.26459743 1999
6.94404564 2000
6.65033834 2001
6.38030407 2002
6.13090605 2003
5.90278751 2004
5.69774565 2005
5.51549069 2006
5.35369463 2007
5.2104818 2008
5.08749127 2009
4.98552169 2010
4.90581476 2011
4.84958869 2012
4.81618426 2013
4.80312885 2014
4.8096459 2015
4.83441214 2016
4.8705866 2017
4.91316624 2018
4.95913441 2019
4.979594 2020
4.96560991 2021
4.94084025 2022
Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source