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