IDA total | 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.
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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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 77.76149944
1961 78.32325549
1962 78.92122289
1963 79.60416666
1964 80.35785873
1965 81.03826577
1966 81.61486729
1967 82.13658985
1968 82.59618064
1969 83.01473863
1970 83.40816804
1971 83.84365251
1972 84.27686556
1973 84.58674469
1974 84.77979594
1975 84.87395736
1976 84.91981767
1977 84.94697997
1978 84.97405728
1979 85.0071155
1980 84.98949553
1981 84.95903315
1982 84.98217319
1983 85.05768369
1984 85.18743965
1985 85.27245091
1986 85.25904832
1987 85.18670473
1988 85.04815497
1989 84.88818885
1990 84.70681366
1991 84.43939103
1992 84.18664418
1993 83.90625227
1994 83.39030715
1995 82.76255721
1996 82.18241548
1997 81.56017337
1998 80.79093057
1999 79.98153133
2000 79.18057217
2001 78.40631617
2002 77.76869358
2003 77.18715422
2004 76.56753535
2005 75.94172535
2006 75.33495817
2007 74.78058109
2008 74.29558487
2009 73.8003495
2010 73.25907604
2011 72.72098226
2012 72.2621541
2013 71.88137152
2014 71.46376631
2015 70.9809781
2016 70.41789298
2017 69.76321659
2018 69.05930904
2019 68.33801008
2020 67.58702672
2021 66.82595786
2022 66.06100604
IDA total | 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 total
Records
63
Source