IDA blend | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
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IDA blend
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IDA blend | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.59891371 1960
6.5517339 1961
6.51981079 1962
6.50149613 1963
6.49342167 1964
6.48704268 1965
6.4816568 1966
6.47564777 1967
6.4691823 1968
6.46281424 1969
6.45383706 1970
6.43779456 1971
6.41917046 1972
6.4028464 1973
6.38560987 1974
6.3684542 1975
6.35459241 1976
6.34477456 1977
6.3408641 1978
6.33372256 1979
6.29342905 1980
6.24315503 1981
6.21493556 1982
6.20387794 1983
6.20744459 1984
6.21118113 1985
6.20970012 1986
6.20729074 1987
6.20592416 1988
6.20796307 1989
6.21155175 1990
6.21775841 1991
6.23828045 1992
6.2573684 1993
6.25931797 1994
6.24791215 1995
6.22479983 1996
6.19611479 1997
6.16324053 1998
6.13204519 1999
6.10068359 2000
6.07143609 2001
6.05661397 2002
6.04989695 2003
6.0409132 2004
6.03119081 2005
6.02286704 2006
6.01648921 2007
6.01341742 2008
6.01116809 2009
6.01297258 2010
6.02335358 2011
6.03988203 2012
6.05502441 2013
6.06371615 2014
6.07823017 2015
6.10548428 2016
6.13957967 2017
6.18164543 2018
6.23001567 2019
6.26078276 2020
6.26850561 2021
6.28705529 2022

IDA blend | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source
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