IDA total | 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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The World Bank
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IDA total
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63
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IDA total | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.05595497
1961 6.03241469
1962 6.02088703
1963 6.0190403
1964 6.02648745
1965 6.0367102
1966 6.04951353
1967 6.06623461
1968 6.08522365
1969 6.1046768
1970 6.12210088
1971 6.11856287
1972 6.11539506
1973 6.13115518
1974 6.14499793
1975 6.15516777
1976 6.17190081
1977 6.19550056
1978 6.2178247
1979 6.237068
1980 6.24279968
1981 6.23996062
1982 6.2380382
1983 6.23402078
1984 6.23393754
1985 6.23843053
1986 6.24191075
1987 6.24752171
1988 6.2474696
1989 6.24062477
1990 6.23545681
1991 6.23149753
1992 6.2273572
1993 6.21734698
1994 6.19510211
1995 6.16920143
1996 6.14785275
1997 6.12971932
1998 6.11352743
1999 6.10379689
2000 6.09645801
2001 6.08669111
2002 6.0813881
2003 6.07783656
2004 6.07144699
2005 6.06324791
2006 6.05558859
2007 6.04917025
2008 6.0454774
2009 6.04512758
2010 6.04983374
2011 6.06184066
2012 6.08276923
2013 6.1066291
2014 6.1291558
2015 6.16098732
2016 6.20299149
2017 6.25344997
2018 6.31562028
2019 6.38486073
2020 6.43618909
2021 6.46628985
2022 6.50322795

IDA total | 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 total
Records
63
Source