High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source
High income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 46.16745234
1961 46.33260211
1962 46.06963421
1963 45.65920037
1964 45.35727596
1965 45.16762856
1966 44.79224889
1967 44.31259032
1968 43.92164852
1969 43.48402119
1970 43.00917357
1971 42.48888389
1972 41.94912748
1973 41.35748707
1974 40.73914098
1975 40.09085001
1976 39.40474065
1977 38.70687304
1978 37.98444053
1979 37.2578224
1980 36.56405741
1981 35.95005238
1982 35.34399483
1983 34.68547439
1984 34.06470533
1985 33.5029878
1986 32.97200338
1987 32.49731665
1988 32.11059935
1989 31.75974427
1990 31.42508927
1991 31.1351025
1992 30.88807127
1993 30.63534041
1994 30.33389376
1995 29.9905863
1996 29.64510784
1997 29.32696916
1998 29.02828806
1999 28.74308526
2000 28.45636366
2001 28.16193453
2002 27.86125019
2003 27.5498369
2004 27.22771417
2005 26.8957034
2006 26.57079272
2007 26.28346665
2008 26.05693099
2009 25.87410694
2010 25.7123033
2011 25.59965871
2012 25.53230517
2013 25.48853871
2014 25.44467892
2015 25.38539726
2016 25.34706629
2017 25.33056721
2018 25.28020762
2019 25.20626394
2020 25.12713796
2021 25.00499883
2022 24.78615105

High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source