IDA 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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IDA only
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63
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IDA only | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
78.6652439 1960
79.17174936 1961
79.67800534 1962
80.25254394 1963
80.8735941 1964
81.40758556 1965
81.8476441 1966
82.2569235 1967
82.6330973 1968
83.00414505 1969
83.38377738 1970
83.833824 1971
84.29791119 1972
84.62906571 1973
84.82740117 1974
84.92069742 1975
84.97373307 1976
85.02436293 1977
85.07269339 1978
85.15883032 1979
85.34409587 1980
85.54809155 1981
85.64171076 1982
85.63031828 1983
85.59407119 1984
85.55092778 1985
85.44218459 1986
85.25712124 1987
84.99144669 1988
84.72576933 1989
84.47321769 1990
84.12287823 1991
83.69231208 1992
83.28883862 1993
82.70670892 1994
82.03567355 1995
81.53334145 1996
81.02070494 1997
80.33430868 1998
79.59245125 1999
78.90380007 2000
78.24383949 2001
77.64252748 2002
77.05906398 2003
76.44729536 2004
75.82328879 2005
75.21839653 2006
74.67305383 2007
74.1913158 2008
73.68288081 2009
73.11262656 2010
72.51139228 2011
71.95845333 2012
71.48959104 2013
70.99116958 2014
70.41829042 2015
69.74454269 2016
69.00243968 2017
68.2414251 2018
67.46710655 2019
66.68162399 2020
65.91297561 2021
65.18410236 2022

IDA 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
IDA only
Records
63
Source