IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source
IDA blend | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
75.73401148 1960
76.41710284 1961
77.21750715 1962
78.14158223 1963
79.19173016 1964
80.20110235 1965
81.08612369 1966
81.86272797 1967
82.51202613 1968
83.03890208 1969
83.46374057 1970
83.86596734 1971
84.22925601 1972
84.49122723 1973
84.67262264 1974
84.76915112 1975
84.79960173 1976
84.77552153 1977
84.75658367 1978
84.67457781 1979
84.22394872 1980
83.71032912 1981
83.59827998 1982
83.85922706 1983
84.33609181 1984
84.6906761 1985
84.87803385 1986
85.04078465 1987
85.16520023 1988
85.2222578 1989
85.18555036 1990
85.08587963 1991
85.19908783 1992
85.17551899 1993
84.7965256 1994
84.25652601 1995
83.51137274 1996
82.65977373 1997
81.71790261 1998
80.76868768 1999
79.73723699 2000
78.73116967 2001
78.02079085 2002
77.44346099 2003
76.80811134 2004
76.17872773 2005
75.5682981 2006
74.99572482 2007
74.50388643 2008
74.03458531 2009
73.5505291 2010
73.13792958 2011
72.86742312 2012
72.66369446 2013
72.40956084 2014
72.11101918 2015
71.77741967 2016
71.30673172 2017
70.7248753 2018
70.11821567 2019
69.44339023 2020
68.70178678 2021
67.86365927 2022
IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source