IDA only | 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
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IDA only
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63
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IDA only | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.81393334
1961 5.80124792
1962 5.79926746
1963 5.80516314
1964 5.81997978
1965 5.83804326
1966 5.85926456
1967 5.88634034
1968 5.91678975
1969 5.94766444
1970 5.97650264
1971 5.97795807
1972 5.98111225
1973 6.01077667
1974 6.03812069
1975 6.0600492
1976 6.08996584
1977 6.12812994
1978 6.16201964
1979 6.19297096
1980 6.21934822
1981 6.2384537
1982 6.24904849
1983 6.24842334
1984 6.24659143
1985 6.25147394
1986 6.25739293
1987 6.26693592
1988 6.26759831
1989 6.25650442
1990 6.2471211
1991 6.23822404
1992 6.22202385
1993 6.19787923
1994 6.16388516
1995 6.13090509
1996 6.11027115
1997 6.09714544
1998 6.08903901
1999 6.08983415
2000 6.09435707
2001 6.09432096
2002 6.09378671
2003 6.09179948
2004 6.08670779
2005 6.07926772
2006 6.07193417
2007 6.065504
2008 6.0615256
2009 6.06215818
2010 6.06835575
2011 6.08118724
2012 6.10428838
2013 6.13247228
2014 6.16185483
2015 6.20219505
2016 6.25128515
2017 6.30957504
2018 6.38140924
2019 6.46061328
2020 6.52173989
2021 6.56255316
2022 6.6083855

IDA only | 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 only
Records
63
Source