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