Jordan | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source
Jordan | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
99.83314558 1960
101.68749845 1961
103.50942517 1962
105.1974167 1963
106.84253038 1964
108.52503409 1965
110.09155905 1966
111.4481512 1967
112.61045564 1968
113.52720876 1969
114.19539226 1970
114.67338899 1971
114.96914398 1972
115.04238397 1973
114.8711009 1974
114.45625362 1975
113.7745452 1976
112.85130375 1977
111.71299764 1978
110.41175429 1979
109.0137265 1980
107.54797622 1981
106.04816681 1982
104.54336568 1983
103.09271822 1984
101.68798269 1985
100.27637296 1986
98.82670444 1987
97.34453036 1988
95.83946264 1989
92.87571866 1990
88.71725714 1991
84.82308181 1992
81.44192536 1993
78.89254865 1994
77.30246439 1995
76.56460653 1996
76.34595311 1997
76.22278032 1998
75.9714324 1999
75.56848585 2000
74.99815285 2001
74.31837662 2002
73.56673844 2003
72.67383339 2004
71.72659144 2005
70.82326293 2006
69.92551682 2007
68.95552765 2008
67.94144273 2009
66.87431084 2010
65.81257017 2011
64.80971107 2012
63.65520344 2013
62.61252826 2014
61.78404653 2015
61.01067458 2016
60.27043352 2017
59.4966702 2018
58.70831428 2019
57.90546612 2020
57.06646135 2021
56.08576989 2022
Jordan | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source