Guyana | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
101.6591337 1960
102.74601119 1961
103.51590891 1962
104.02895245 1963
104.33371675 1964
104.53290049 1965
104.66863752 1966
104.72863139 1967
104.67670124 1968
104.49921247 1969
104.22339853 1970
103.36798266 1971
101.90440502 1972
100.22550141 1973
98.32484689 1974
96.24637429 1975
94.02466656 1976
91.72420566 1977
89.41684718 1978
87.18031139 1979
85.06805302 1980
82.69446612 1981
80.10261362 1982
77.73444368 1983
75.60993272 1984
73.73957232 1985
72.12750517 1986
70.76435286 1987
69.64942772 1988
68.7882796 1989
68.14818149 1990
67.55145238 1991
67.09198607 1992
66.84433587 1993
66.67823001 1994
66.62322031 1995
66.6842146 1996
66.84878665 1997
67.08886195 1998
67.3514399 1999
67.57994295 2000
67.71751919 2001
67.70326485 2002
67.29789537 2003
66.49325968 2004
65.48798446 2005
64.19383683 2006
62.70213539 2007
61.20344146 2008
59.73609008 2009
58.34141343 2010
57.07097888 2011
55.94515678 2012
55.23740885 2013
54.92401429 2014
54.71586764 2015
54.61605992 2016
54.63185256 2017
53.38714969 2018
52.97034254 2019
53.65449369 2020
53.5564055 2021
53.58813419 2022
Guyana | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source