IBRD only | 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
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IBRD only
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63
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IBRD only | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 70.34837741
1961 70.53185715
1962 70.97867374
1963 71.9778046
1964 72.7190811
1965 72.92660952
1966 72.93017388
1967 72.59721996
1968 72.2038086
1969 71.87835152
1970 71.40882621
1971 70.95151641
1972 70.35495742
1973 69.75241764
1974 69.42575567
1975 69.15453422
1976 68.84277736
1977 68.0124279
1978 66.38073206
1979 64.75222848
1980 63.42309039
1981 62.22745188
1982 61.26204474
1983 60.21827678
1984 59.04779841
1985 57.97581906
1986 57.03295526
1987 56.27586919
1988 55.58079963
1989 54.95950741
1990 54.48979971
1991 54.00560285
1992 53.45517481
1993 52.89518785
1994 52.21977727
1995 51.40389565
1996 50.46641003
1997 49.38167916
1998 48.2817221
1999 47.20801414
2000 46.10933946
2001 44.96279487
2002 43.74924983
2003 42.5772712
2004 41.46598759
2005 40.36901157
2006 39.4250489
2007 38.68835857
2008 38.07225732
2009 37.55014003
2010 37.08750188
2011 36.69200683
2012 36.3908022
2013 36.14539912
2014 35.93009992
2015 35.70906553
2016 35.4815329
2017 35.28848004
2018 35.06263854
2019 34.76272471
2020 34.38968352
2021 33.9511153
2022 33.495045

IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source