Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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.
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The World Bank
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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
80.24683861 1960
80.61789891 1961
80.99634848 1962
81.47148813 1963
82.04152699 1964
82.56967372 1965
83.02120879 1966
83.46383876 1967
83.90408071 1968
84.35494139 1969
84.83260505 1970
85.34891987 1971
85.91130383 1972
86.40469431 1973
86.75972192 1974
87.07683347 1975
87.40111438 1976
87.71358473 1977
87.96890452 1978
88.23334573 1979
88.58099105 1980
88.9420081 1981
89.23863768 1982
89.45162997 1983
89.65826222 1984
89.90286827 1985
90.13551632 1986
90.32870933 1987
90.46248317 1988
90.57262252 1989
90.67133123 1990
90.67779717 1991
90.60665627 1992
90.58576867 1993
90.30556157 1994
89.94725383 1995
89.93856694 1996
89.9845698 1997
89.81859251 1998
89.52967321 1999
89.23022822 2000
88.88640781 2001
88.52182667 2002
88.11152282 2003
87.66091483 2004
87.19723023 2005
86.7557231 2006
86.43952778 2007
86.07346559 2008
85.59790101 2009
85.16362017 2010
84.67862405 2011
84.17262296 2012
83.661174 2013
83.02176858 2014
82.35765363 2015
81.65649062 2016
80.87079483 2017
80.09470029 2018
79.33120039 2019
78.53173775 2020
77.72353583 2021
76.92955122 2022
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source