IBRD only | 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
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IBRD only
Records
63
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IBRD only | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 77.98933364
1961 78.17059858
1962 78.68365194
1963 79.77694841
1964 80.61635472
1965 80.91617317
1966 81.01190659
1967 80.76098912
1968 80.44467114
1969 80.19380676
1970 79.78750215
1971 79.39351905
1972 78.85236316
1973 78.30919129
1974 78.07054799
1975 77.89670647
1976 77.67687128
1977 76.89138483
1978 75.25575106
1979 73.63921762
1980 72.31923335
1981 71.1093107
1982 70.11906995
1983 69.06258631
1984 67.90968653
1985 66.87417581
1986 65.97421099
1987 65.25661673
1988 64.61000726
1989 64.05261877
1990 63.63216486
1991 63.20315676
1992 62.7420961
1993 62.29905377
1994 61.73910495
1995 61.02648411
1996 60.18717598
1997 59.20067983
1998 58.2022862
1999 57.22554749
2000 56.23123197
2001 55.20858445
2002 54.13975123
2003 53.11145723
2004 52.12383057
2005 51.14145127
2006 50.29498317
2007 49.61616424
2008 49.02620587
2009 48.52780227
2010 48.10569077
2011 47.79521007
2012 47.62567599
2013 47.54881608
2014 47.56169515
2015 47.63817795
2016 47.74640055
2017 47.93466885
2018 48.13340698
2019 48.27906896
2020 48.34813033
2021 48.27917254
2022 48.17101879

IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source