Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source
Jordan | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
8.39409694 1960
8.26516928 1961
8.1069311 1962
7.92371726 1963
7.73283289 1964
7.54731733 1965
7.36520971 1966
7.18570877 1967
7.01035483 1968
6.84136035 1969
6.67422199 1970
6.51634597 1971
6.37321289 1972
6.23586339 1973
6.0987668 1974
5.95728235 1975
5.81083918 1976
5.65726531 1977
5.50139361 1978
5.35231366 1979
5.2128461 1980
5.08681068 1981
4.9752624 1982
4.87586857 1983
4.79263598 1984
4.72632221 1985
4.67476452 1986
4.63830972 1987
4.61411525 1988
4.59829876 1989
4.5451145 1990
4.46038944 1991
4.38421573 1992
4.32325639 1993
4.29187367 1994
4.30009171 1995
4.34837577 1996
4.42781114 1997
4.52651889 1998
4.63624579 1999
4.75768667 2000
4.89006248 2001
5.02726361 2002
5.16115046 2003
5.28088096 2004
5.38550332 2005
5.47678869 2006
5.54929211 2007
5.612778 2008
5.66813171 2009
5.71906644 2010
5.77148305 2011
5.83549976 2012
5.61330712 2013
5.1807655 2014
5.04344575 2015
5.13760546 2016
5.2488139 2017
5.38221293 2018
5.54219802 2019
5.7043054 2020
5.84853638 2021
5.99126817 2022

Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source