Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source
Jordan | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 91.43904865
1961 93.42232916
1962 95.40249407
1963 97.27369944
1964 99.10969749
1965 100.97771675
1966 102.72634934
1967 104.26244243
1968 105.60010081
1969 106.68584841
1970 107.52117027
1971 108.15704302
1972 108.59593109
1973 108.80652057
1974 108.7723341
1975 108.49897128
1976 107.96370602
1977 107.19403844
1978 106.21160403
1979 105.05944063
1980 103.8008804
1981 102.46116554
1982 101.07290441
1983 99.66749711
1984 98.30008224
1985 96.96166048
1986 95.60160844
1987 94.18839473
1988 92.73041511
1989 91.24116389
1990 88.33060416
1991 84.2568677
1992 80.43886608
1993 77.11866897
1994 74.60067498
1995 73.00237268
1996 72.21623075
1997 71.91814197
1998 71.69626143
1999 71.33518661
2000 70.81079917
2001 70.10809037
2002 69.29111301
2003 68.40558798
2004 67.39295244
2005 66.34108813
2006 65.34647424
2007 64.37622471
2008 63.34274965
2009 62.27331102
2010 61.15524439
2011 60.04108712
2012 58.97421131
2013 58.04189632
2014 57.43176276
2015 56.74060078
2016 55.87306912
2017 55.02161962
2018 54.11445726
2019 53.16611626
2020 52.20116072
2021 51.21792497
2022 50.09450172

Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source