Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source
Guinea-Bissau | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 64.62845955
1961 65.50840318
1962 67.30478664
1963 69.24246548
1964 72.71810465
1965 77.19458634
1966 80.13074133
1967 80.53780233
1968 79.34817404
1969 79.248338
1970 79.10205008
1971 78.98001292
1972 78.96792486
1973 77.7765827
1974 77.39285693
1975 78.62403963
1976 81.28691749
1977 84.91681676
1978 88.78568345
1979 90.12827988
1980 90.43032629
1981 92.05931327
1982 93.68246209
1983 95.18496272
1984 96.46138611
1985 97.45708425
1986 98.16700238
1987 98.61902397
1988 98.84283985
1989 98.85946636
1990 98.61512314
1991 97.741174
1992 96.43604684
1993 95.26417063
1994 94.10539556
1995 92.76259172
1996 91.31278221
1997 89.86482346
1998 88.54500755
1999 87.34744442
2000 86.18392871
2001 85.10792102
2002 84.21037807
2003 83.50456917
2004 82.93272062
2005 82.54629649
2006 82.32694436
2007 82.13380036
2008 81.86587434
2009 81.47535536
2010 81.00375012
2011 80.52782916
2012 80.04931482
2013 79.54294464
2014 78.97595378
2015 78.2945665
2016 77.48983058
2017 76.50162189
2018 75.35232173
2019 74.14214973
2020 72.90135849
2021 71.63147674
2022 70.292707
Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source