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